Sacred Light

My parents on their wedding day June 16th, 1947. Our sexuality is not something to be ashamed of, or to be embarrassed about, nor should it be forbidden to explore. It is a magnificent part of being human. The body is an amazing and beautiful gift for us to use while we are here! Our children should be taught healthy ways to express their sexuality, and we should be teaching them how to have healthy sexual relationships in life rather than teaching them to have guilt, shame, and fear surrounding their sexuality. Sex is a natural, normal, beautiful part of being human.               Clearly, the way the Mormons teach their youth about sexuality has failed, just look at the adult members of that church, and you can plainly see this malfunction. Statistics for Utah paint an alarming picture. Utah has a very high rate of child sexual abuse, an extremely high rate of antidepressant use and prescription pain relief usage, and, according to ...

Sex is perfectly natural. It’s something that’s pleasurable. It’s enjoyable and it enhances a relationship. So why don’t we learn as much as we can about it and become comfortable with ourselves as sexual human beings, because we are all sexual! ~ Sue Johanson I could write an entire book about the repressed sexual issues of men and women in the Mormon Church, but I won’t. Although, I am sure somebody will, someday. Nevertheless, I am going to set aside this post, and the next few, for vigorously vocalizing my opinions regarding the lessons on virginity and sexuality in general in Mormonism.         Jeffrey R. Holland, one of the current twelve apostles in the L.D.S. church, has said, “Setting aside sins against the Holy Ghost for a moment as a special category unto themselves, it is LDS doctrine that sexual transgression is second only to murder in the Lord’s list of life’s most serious sins . By assigning such rank to a physical appetite so con...