Mormonism said no to all the fun

[_bcspace]

What's fun to you BC?

Going out with my wife
Astronomy
Science
Fishing
Coaching youth sports (soccer)
Reading
Computer games
etc.

[_sock puppet]

Such as? You have sex on the brain? As a married LDS person, I can have all the sex I want without sinning.

What about people who think it's fun to steal or murder? Should they have their fun?

All the sex YOU want? Really?

Does your wife get any input?

Nope, just output.

[_bcspace]

All the sex YOU want? Really

Yep. But unfortunately perhaps not all she wants. I'm usually good after twice in one day.

[_Darth J]

As a married LDS person, I can have all the sex I want without sinning.

No you can't! So says OFFICIAL DOCTRINE!!!


Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Spencer W. Kimball
“Chapter 17: The Law of Chastity”

Even though sex can be an important and satisfactory part of married life, we must remember that life is not designed just for sex.

The union of the sexes, husband and wife (and only husband and wife), was for the principal purpose of bringing children into the world. Sexual experiences were never intended by the Lord to be a mere plaything or merely to satisfy passions and lusts. We know of no directive from the Lord that proper sexual experience between husbands and wives need be limited totally to the procreation of children, but we find much evidence from Adam until now that no provision was ever made by the Lord for indiscriminate sex.

Notice that sex "can" be an important and satisfactory part of married life, not "is."

Spencer J. Condie
July 1986 Ensign

Unfortunately, some couples fail to realize that “sexual experiences were never intended by the Lord to be a mere plaything or merely to satisfy passions and lusts.” When couples engage in physical intimacy devoid of emotional and spiritual intimacy, or when they participate in unholy practices, what should be a spiritually bonding element in their marriage may actually become a disruptive force.

Russell M. Nelson
May 2006 Ensign

Marriage is both a commandment and an exalting principle of the gospel. Because it is ordained of God, the intimate physical expressions of married love are sacred. Yet all too commonly, these divine gifts are desecrated. If a couple allows lewd language or pornography to corrupt their intimacy, they offend their Creator while they degrade and diminish their own divine gifts.

And here's a book that's not an official publication of the Church. It's just teachings of a president of the Church, published by a company owned by the Church, sold in stores owned by the Church, and quoted repeatedly in an official church manual:

Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, pages 311-312

Sexual relations in marriage are not unrestrained. Even though sex can be an important and satisfactory part of married life, we must remember that life is not designed just for sex. Even marriage does not make proper certain extremes in sexual indulgence. To the Ephesian saints Paul begged for propriety in marriage: "So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself." (Ephesians 5:28.) And the Lord's condemnation included secret sexual sins in marriage, when he said: "And those who are not pure, and have said they were pure, shall be destroyed, saith the Lord God." (D&C 132:52)"
If it is unnatural, you just don't do it. That is all, and all the family life should be kept clean and worthy and on a very high plane. There are some people who have said that behind the bedroom doors anything goes. That is not true and the Lord would not condone it.

Note: Copied and pasted from something I posted before.

[_Darth J]

Your picture is not indicative of a marriage.

Jurisdictions in the United States that issue marriage licenses for same-sex couples:

Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont, New Hampshire, New York, and the District of Columbia

Jurisdictions where a federal court has ruled that a referendum prohibiting same-sex marriage is unconstitutional:

California

Jurisdictions that recognize same-sex marriages from other jurisdictions:

New York and Maryland

Countries outside the United States where same-sex marriage is recognized:

The Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Canada, South Africa, Norway, Sweden, Portugal, Iceland and Argentina.

Gee, bcspace....I thought you were all big on the Tenth Amendment and stuff. I guess that's only so long as state law doesn't conflict with your personal value judgments, huh?

Any time you want to make your case for why prohibiting same-sex marriage passes a rational basis test under the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment, I am ready to hear it. The suspense is killing me!

[_Drifting]

All the sex YOU want? Really

Yep. But unfortunately perhaps not all she wants. I'm usually good after twice in one day.

And that's why Joseph came up with Polyandry....