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[Libs]

Amoral and immoral have very different meanings, actually.

Amoral: 1. not involving questions of right or wrong; without moral quality; neither moral nor immoral.

Immoral: 1. not moral; broadly : conflicting with generally or traditionally held moral principles

Someone who holds the view that homosexuality is "amoral", believes it is neither right nor wrong. Kind of like skin color or eye color are neither right nor wrong. It's just a quality someone is born with. Nothing moral or immoral about those kinds of qualities.

[Daniel2]

In my perspective, and in harmony with dictionary definitions, amoral means pretty much the same thing as immoral, with both referring to unprincipled, unethical, dishonorable acts... which I generally simply refer to as "evil"... and there is no way to make those acts good, because they are evil acts, in themselves.

As Libs has pointed out, dictionary definitions of

[SilverKnight]

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Best,

Darin

Darin,

This is really just a tangential question, but hypothetically...

What if shortly after your estrangement from the LDS church, Gordon B Hinkley announced a new revelation had been received and unanimously approved by the FP and Q12: Homosexual members were now entitled to all temple blessings, including the sealing same-sex-couples for time and all eternity, with any children they might adopt being likewise sealed to them as well.

Would you have returned to the church?

[Daniel2]

Darin,

This is really just a tangential question, but hypothetically...

What if shortly after your estrangement from the LDS church, Gordon B Hinkley announced a new revelation had been received and unanimously approved by the FP and Q12: Homosexual members were now entitled to all temple blessings, including the sealing same-sex-couples for time and all eternity, with any children they might adopt being likewise sealed to them as well.

Would you have returned to the church?

There was a time when I would have, but that day had passed long before I took steps to formally leave the church.

Today, I am very grateful for my LDS heritage, and proud of my pioneer ancestry, including the values of ingenuity, thrift, integrity, self-sufficiency, honesty, hard work, etc. As with every endeavor involving humanity, there are some things from Mormon history and culture than I'm less than thrilled about. I will always self-identify as Mormon, though I never see myself returning to activity as a believing member of the LDS Faith.

I am no longer LDS based on beleifs that are unrelated to gay issues within Mormonism, so my separation goes far beyond that, today.

I will always be fond of Mormons, in general, and love my very LDS family, in particular. They are, in all honestly, "my people" (and one's with whom I identify) far more than those of the so-called "gay community."

Darin

[SilverKnight]

There was a time when I would have, but that day had passed long before I took steps to formally leave the church.

Thanks Darin.

Your thoughtful and kind responses are refreshing.