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LDS Girl
"Perfect love casteth out all fear." - Moroni 8:16
Just because Mormons don't necessarily agree with homosexuality doesn't mean we can't support and love our gay brothers and sisters.
an article about a bunch of LDS people in Utah who marched in a Gay Pride parade.
I know several openly homosexual Mormons, and they tell me it’s very difficult, but the greatest thing that helps them stay faithful in the church is the fact that other members of the church see no difference between homosexuals and heterosexuals, because we are all children of God, and that’s all that matters to us.
I’m proud to find a post like this here on tumblr. Here’s an interesting quote from the MormonNewsRoom:
“The Church’s mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ, not to elect politicians. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is neutral in matters of party politics.” - MormonNewsRoom.org, Political Neutrality.
Even though there are some common political beliefs among many church members, politics aren’t church doctrine and I think the variables within political matters are too broad for even the gospel to indicate directly as black or white. It’s a personal decision that only the voter - a prayerful voter, can make. I wish it weren’t the case, but it shouldn’t be surprising to encounter non-republican members of the LDS church.
One last quote - from the LDS Gay Parade article:
One man walking with the group reflected on a cluster of suicides in Mapleton when he was growing up. They were mostly teenagers and some were gay.
“There have been too many LDS deaths,” said Adam Ford, 40, who now lives in Alpine. “No doctrine is more important than God’s children.”
(Source: psychoprism, via lvoekat)
To Be (Gay) or Not To Be (Happy)
“That’s the wrong question…” (more) from (Gay) Mormon Guy
“Looking at my own life, much of the good I have accomplished has been due to the balancing of these two forces, and ultimately learning to submit to faith. My commitment to help others came out of it, as did many of the habits I learned as a missionary and serving in the Church. So did my love of people, writing this blog, and a hundred other things in my life - all held in place because of two very real truths - through living the gospel I can find peace and hope, and my life is sometimes not peaceful or hopeful. Which means that with each passing day, I strive to find ways to better live by the principles that I believe…”
I believe that an important way we receive blessings and revelations from God are through other people. These channels provide opportunities for Heavenly Father to speak to us through the divine power of the holy ghost (if we let it) concerning the righteous desires of hearts. No matter who is the receiver or who is the channel, the spiritual confirmation remains the same.
However misconstrued to the proper, Lady Gaga’s enthusiasm, persistence and faith in sustaining the happiness of individuals subject to all forms of alienation and/or criticism (not just LGBT) is an opportunity for the holy ghost to reveal plain truths concerning our spiritual worth to our Heavenly Father:
1 Samuel 16:7
The Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.Jeremiah 31:3
The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
Everything about our mortal lives, including our trials and differences, are divinely tailored specifically to each of us. It’s a fact that our callings in life don’t always include a perfect body, family, or even a perfect sexuality and these things can’t always be changed.
But the same goes for all: We are children of our Heavenly Father and He loves all of us perfectly. There is a plan for each and every one of us, whether we have a knowledge of the gospel or not. Our choices within these devine and contrasting frames contribute to our happiness and destinies, not the frame itself.
Lady Gaga’s lyric is absolutely true:
“God makes no mistakes.”
Mosiah 29:12 12
Now it is better that a man should be judged of God than of man, for the judgments of God are always just, but the judgments of man are not always just.
(Source: fuckyeahladygaga)
Though her packaging is shocking, unconventional and contradictory to church standards and beliefs (just like many other music stars), the heart of Lady Gaga’s message in Born This Way is compassionate, tender-hearted and divine among pop idols in today’s society.
I want you to walk out of here tonight not loving me more,
but loving yourselves more.
