So I'm sitting here wondering why it's such a big deal that some of the things that Pres. Packer said are potentially harmful to the homosexual community..In my recollection of his wonderful talk I can think of nothing that was specifically directed at them..this was also one of my favorite talks of all of general conference, because of the hope it gave me in overcoming my own faults and "tendencies"..none of these tendencies happen to be related to a homosexual lifestyle..just in case you were wondering..
As far as the debate on the whole "I was born gay" just to put in my two cents..
After spending a long time in a foreign country where it is more socially acceptable to be openly gay than in my own I realized that it doesn't seem that any of the children I saw were any more likely than any other to be straight or gay..
I noticed that the boys that instead of going out with the other boys and doing "boy" things..you know climbing trees, catching frogs, and other such things..these boys instead were more content to stay and play with the other girls there age doing "girl" stuff..The boys that were like this were labeled as "gay" from the very onset..and therefore were more likely to believe and then become that way..This was no fault of they're own..society was the one that told them they were different from all the other boys..the same sort of thing would happen to a girl in a similar situation..
Now just because everyone around you is telling you you're supposed to be a certain thing and act a certain way doesn't mean that that will happen every single time..Some of the greatest men that I know would have been labeled as the "gay" boy growing up..but they chose not to listen to what the world was telling them..they instead chose to be the who they wanted to be, regardless of what the world was telling them..
I never have nor ever will encourage the discrimination of a person depending on their personal choices..just as has been stated over and over again, there is no sin in being tempted, only in acting on those temptations comes sin..for those of you that choose to use your agency in acting against the commands of God..I could never hate you any more than I could hate myself..but I also fear greatly for your happiness not only in this life but in the life to come..any kind of sexual relationship outside of marriage will eventually lead to bitterness and hate..this includes relationships before marriage, or with someone other than your own spouse, "relationships" with pornography, and yes even a homosexual one..
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