{"id":3196,"date":"2013-03-26T00:20:10","date_gmt":"2013-03-26T07:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newcoolthang.com\/?p=3196"},"modified":"2020-01-09T04:29:45","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T11:29:45","slug":"mormon-girl-joanna-brooks-botched-this-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.newcoolthang.com\/index.php\/2013\/03\/mormon-girl-joanna-brooks-botched-this-one\/3196\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Mormon Girl&#8221; Joanna Brooks Misfired On This One"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just saw an article by Joanna Brooks titled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.religiondispatches.org\/dispatches\/joannabrooks\/6972\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;I Died Inside&#8221;<\/a>. Here is the first paragraph:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Emmett C. is a twenty year-old community college student in the Pacific Northwest. Last year, he applied to serve as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a religious obligation he had long prepared for and looked forward to fulfilling. But in the course of preparing his missionary application, Emmett came out to his local LDS Church leaders\u2014not as a gay man, but as a straight Mormon who believes that LGBT people are equal in the sight of God and should treated the same as straight members of the LDS Church. And on these grounds, he was told that he would not be permitted to serve.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Nonsense.<\/p>\n<p>If Emmett was told he couldn&#8217;t serve a mission due to his views on the LGBT topic, I can guarantee that it was not for him believing &#8220;that LGBT people are equal in the sight of God and should treated the same as straight members of the LDS Church&#8221;. How do I know this? Because the church openly teaches that LGBT members are equal in the sight of God and should be treated the same as all other members. That includes holding all Mormons to the exact same Law of Chastity. The Mormon Law of Chastity states we should have no sexual contact with anyone besides our opposite-sex, legal spouse.<\/p>\n<p>It is more likely that Emmett was advocating that LGBT members should <em>not<\/em> be treated the same as straight members and should not have to follow the Law of Chastity as it currently stands. Perhaps he was advocating for the Law of Chastity to be amended to give the green light to gay sex (within gay marriages) or something. <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sure Ms. Brooks meant well but I find her attempts at spin in that opening paragraph irritating and counter-productive. If you want to lobby for gay sex (within gay marriage) being permitted in the Mormon Law of Chastity just say so. 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