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Teachings on sexuality in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) is deeply rooted in its doctrine. [1] In its standards for sexual behavior called the law of chastity, top LDS leaders bar all premarital sex, [2] [3] all homosexual sexual activity, [4] the viewing of pornography, [5] [6] [7] masturbation, [8] [7] [9] overtly sexual kissing, [10]: 194 sexual dancing, and ...
1975 – LDS psychologist Robert D. Card presented his research on changing sexual attractions on Mormon men and women using shock aversion and hypnosis techniques at the AMCAP conference. [82] The goal of his treatment was eliminating same-sex sexual behavior and having his clients enter an opposite-sex marriage as was common among the Mormon ...
Numerous surveys have been conducted to gauge LDS member views on LGBT topics. In a 2007 US poll, only one-fourth (24%) of members agreed that "homosexuality is a way of life that should be accepted" (less than any other major religious group in the survey except for Jehovah's Witnesses ), and two-thirds (68%) of LDS adherents said it should be ...
This dramatization, produced for LDS audiences, is based on a story (by Elder Marion D. Hanks) that teaches love and concern for others. This takes place inside an LDS chapel during sacrament testimony meeting. Starring Gordon Jump. [3] The Trophy Case: 1979 26 min. Randy, a teenager, tries to gain his father's approval by excelling in sports.
At an Evergreen International conference in 2009, Hafen urged LDS Church leaders and members to reach out in love to those with same-gender attraction. [13] On October 2, 2010, Hafen was released from the First Quorum of the Seventy and designated an emeritus general authority. [14] He served as president of the St. George Utah Temple from 2010 ...
However, top LDS leaders only started regularly addressing queer topics in public in the late 1950s. [ 1 ] : 375, 377 [ 2 ] : v, 3 [ 3 ] : 170 Since 1970, the LDS Church has had at least one official publication or speech from a high-ranking leader referencing LGBT topics every year, and a greater number of LGBT Mormon and former Mormon ...
In the LDS Church, the bride should wear a wedding dress that is "white, modest in design and fabric, and free of elaborate ornamentation" when getting married in the temple. [12] [13] The church says, "White is the symbol of purity. No unclean person has the right to enter God's house." [14]
Data indicate a range of views by members on the morality of masturbation, and varied rates of self-reporting of having masturbated. Between 1950 and 1972, a survey of over 8,000 LDS-identified university students with frequent church attendance found 57% of men and 64% of women reported they did not think masturbation was immoral, in opposition to church teachings.