User talk:Britajacobson/sandbox

I am also going to be adding a section Mormons and their past and current views on homosexuality. Britajacobson (talk) 18:43, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

The Mormon religion teaches that marriage should be with a man and a woman. The LDS church teaches its members to obey the law of chastity which says that "sexual relations are proper only between a man and a woman who are legally and lawfully wedded as husband and wife". Violations of this code include "adultery, being without natural affection, lustfulness, infidelity, incontinence, filthy communications, impurity, inordinate affection, fornication". The traditional Mormon religion forbids all homosexual behavior, whether it be intra-marriage or extramarital. In Romans 1:24-32, Paul preached to the Romans that homosexual behavior was sinful. In Leviticus 20:13, Moses included in his law that homosexual actions and behaviors were against God's will. In the 1830s, LDS founder Joseph Smith instituted the private practice on polygamy. The practice was defended by the church as a matter of religious freedom. In 1890, the church practice was terminated. Since the termination of polygamy, Mormons have solely believed in marriage between two people, and those two people being a man and a woman. The LDS community states that they still love homosexuals as sons and daughters of the Lord, but if they act upon their inclinations then they are subject to discipline of the church.

Adding a section on Mormon views on homosexuality is a good idea, however, just make sure that the sources you use for that are not biased. maybe secondary sources would be better than primary sources. Hunter Santana (talk) 03:36, 5 November 2016 (UTC)

For more on why secondary sources can be preferable to primary, see this: WP:Primary Make sure as you draft the article to write it to match the tone of the Wiki article itself. This paragraph as it is should be split according to topic (separate out the various sects of Christianity). Gerdesk (talk) 07:31, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

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I had a look at the proposed edits in your sandbox. A good start, but I will echo the comments of others there and suggest you employ secondary sources to supplement the primary sources from the LDS church. Secondary sources are generally preferred to primary sources on Wikipedia. Be sure that your citations are in the proper Wikipedia format. See the module Sources and Citations if you need more information. Please let me know if you have any questions. Rob (Wiki Ed) (talk) 22:37, 15 November 2016 (UTC)