What is the primary premise underlying the LDS church's ban on homosexual relations? - cougarguard.com — unofficial BYU Cougars / LDS sports, football, basketball forum and message board

Mormon Red Death · 06-14-2008, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by TripletDaddy

I don't think the poll was asking why the Church is against homosexual marriage.

It is asking why the Church is against homosexual sex. All the poll choices revolved around sex, not marriage.

Your answer, while certainly plausible, simply begs the question as to why married homosexual couples would be sinning were they to be married. Hence, back to the sex question.

I know what the poll was asking. My response was more of an arrival how I feel about the issue.

View Poll Results: What is the primary premise underlying the church's stance on homosexual relations?
Anal sex is inherently immoral	1	2.44%
Oral sex is inherently immoral	0	0%
Both anal and oral sex is inherently immoral	0	0%
Sexual relations with someone of the same sex is inherently immoral	22	53.66%
Sexual relations with someone you cannot have children with is inherently immoral	1	2.44%
Homosexual relations undermine the structure of the family	14	34.15%
Homosexual relations are against the natural order of things	12	29.27%
Homosexual relations contradict the commandment to multiply and replenish the earth	9	21.95%
Only God knows	6	14.63%
None of the above	8	19.51%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 41. You may not vote on this poll