Chastity

I know some people feel that the law of chastity is a form of bondage.  But for those who think that the church should abandon it, don't hold your breath.  It's not going to happen.  That's as much a part of religion as "Thou shalt not steal."

When it comes to confirmed doctrine, chastity is right up there near the top.  However, there is not much doctrinally about homosexuality.  It shows up a couple of times in the Bible, but only in context with things that aren't doctrinal.  It doesn't show up in the Book of Mormon or other canonical scripture at all.

Is it possible that gay marriage and the modern model of homosexuality could be compatible with the law of chastity?  Culturally, our model of homosexuality is deeply entwined with the "free love" movement that came to prominence in the 60s and 70s.  That is rather antithetical to the law of chastity.  So until our current cultural iteration of homosexuality and free love are disentangled, it probably can't be reconciled with chastity, and hence the church can't embrace it.

Maybe things will change in the future.  But in order for change to happen in the church, I think that the cultural basis for our current sociological structure of homosexuality will need to be upended.  I'm not sure such a change would be popular or generally accepted.  But that's also a staple of religion in the past.