1970s Church Pamphlet on Homosexuality

[Jim Swarthout]

http://connellodonovan.com/transgressors.html

A couple of high points from this pamphlet authored by SWK and Mark E. Peterson:

1. It refers to homosexuals as perverts, deviants, etc.
2. The 1970s church believed scripture study, prayer, and increasing interaction with the opposite sex could cure homosexuality;
3. Homosexuality was simply a problem in the person's mind;
4. A person seeking a bishop's help would be guaranteed confidentiality unless the person failed to make progress;
5. Homosexuality threatens the existence of the human race.

This quote sums up the Church's 1970 position on homosexuality quite well:

"Reason might also be employed to convince the individual that there is no future for a homosexual. He may appear to 'get by' while young and attractive but the day will come in his life when there is nothing left but chaff and dust and barrenness and desolation."