Mark,
Why do so many of your articles deal with homosexuality? I have not counted up the percentage, but the number of times you write on it either directly or peripherally seems to be very high. I may not speak for everyone but I personally believe that this subject is getting far too much attention in our national, public discourse.
But getting back to the essence of your article……the Mormon concept of marriage and heterosexuality is indeed important for them, but the orthodox Christian ideal of marriage is just as strong in other ways. After all, Paul pictures it in Eph. 5 and other places as a representation of Christ and the Church. In view of Jesus’ teaching that “…in the resurrection, there will be no marrying nor giving in marriage…”, Paul’s emphasis becomes very important in this current age.

Kimball,
I guess because it’s currently the biggest national issue involving religion in public life. This is a blog that stays close to the news.

Mark,
That may be the case but it surfaces the old question of cause and effect. Are you not indeed falling into the trap of letting the broader media dictate your own personal, journalistic agenda?
Furthermore, you seem to be playing right into the hands of the libertines and secularists in our national media. This is supposed to be a religious forum.
Kimball

Kimball, the subject of homosexuality should be on everyones mind in the entire world. These are our children, brothers, sisters, relatives, friends and strangers living their lives as second class humans. Not quite as good as Kimball, in her eyes, and everyone elses eyes who think people like Mark Silk, and others focus too much on the GLBT. Our country is suffering because our troops that are gay are being tossed out when they could be helping bring this war to an end. Have you noticed this? Have you also noticed the hate being spun by the righteous ones contributing to the mental stress that is causing young teens to commit suicide in larger numbers every day in America? This is a blight on our nation and everyone should be working at changing it Kimball. Religion is this website and have you noticed that religion and our laws are crossing everyday and have to be respected equally?

So, what’s your problem with discussing this, Kimball?
Blood on your church’s steps? Or the fact that one of your Elders seems to enjoy dancing in it?

Wouldn’t it be great if folks could talk more about the great difference being a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints makes? A recent U.S. Pew Study: Mormons Top in Knowledge of Bible, Christianity ~ in which Mormons scored the highest of all religious groups in their knowledge of Christianity and the Bible in a new study conducted from the Pew Research Center. Americans are by all measures a deeply religious people, but they are also deeply ignorant about religion. Why did Mormons do so well on the survey? USA Today postulated that “It may be that the conscious choice to take a minority faith or philosophic stand requires an intellectual engagement with religion to a greater degree than experienced by Protestants and Catholics, who dominate U.S. culture.” It is also probably not surprising, given the Latter-day Saint view on the divine origins of the Constitution, that Mormons had the highest score of any religious group in their knowledge about what the Constitution says about religion and the government. Mormons also score higher than the general public in their knowledge of world religions. One could hope that the “conversation” could change and “lift up” instead of “put down” when an LDS Church member mis-speaks. Thanks for reading and check out the pewforum web site.
Sincerely,
Myrna Lea Houston

Henrietta,
I doubt that you have much experience with the US military so it seems a bit presumptuous of you to editorialize for the open inclusion of homosexuals. Besides the effects on unit cohesion, the big argument against it is that we need a morally-based Armed Forces.
Frank. I asked Mark why he continually plays into the major media’s game by writing on this subject so often. It has nothing to do with “blood” on church steps, your expression which needs further definition. I don’t know of any blood on any church steps unless, of course, someone slipped on a wet morning and cut himself while making a hasty entry into the narthex.
Kimball

So now those of us who are people of faith and are pro-equality are reduced to merely “libertines and secularists”
We don’t all go to your Church, Kimball.
Your “unit cohesion” is a red herring” – since it doesn’t affect the troops the way you seem to ‘think’ it does in the 25 countries that allow GLBT people to serve openly, and with pride and honor.
Your apparent “need” for a “morally-based Armed Forces” is pretty self-righteous. You seem to believe GLBT folk are ipso facto immoral. In your “Biblical worldview”, would atheists be prohibited from serving their country? (Not that DADT is the topic here.)
I wonder what religious tests you might impose.

And, while we’re at it Kimball, you castigate Mr. Silk for writing on the topic too much. It says a lot about you that you comment on the topic much yourself. Something about ladies and protesting too much comes to mind.

Isn’t a “morally-based Armed Forces” a bit at odds with the very fact that they’re trained to kill?
Swords and ploughshares and all that.
I’m just sayin’.

There used to be a Mormon blog here on b’net and it seems to have disappeared without a trace. Anyone have any info?