One of the goals I hope the church has is that they don't make second class citizens of any of their members. Somehow there needs to be consistency in the way that everyone is treated. But messages in For the Strength of Youth and also in the way the CES Honor Code is enforced tend to make second class citizens of their non-straight youth and members.
Let me explain. The message to the straight youth is basically that things like holding hands, hugging, and things like that among boyfriend/girlfriend pairs and even occasional kissing is fine as long as it is kept chaste. Save the heavier stuff for when you are married and you're great. But if you're gay, well, any affection expressed at all is against the law of chastity. The message, even if it's not meant that way, is basically that if you show affection toward those who you are attracted to, you've already broken the law of chastity. The logical continuation is that since the law has already been broken, there's not really any incentive to avoid continuing on to the hot and heavy stuff.
So the Law of Chastity doesn't mean the same thing to straight vs. gay members. Second class citizens.
Or worse, when the doctrinal mastery scripture is invoked -- the natural man is an enemy to God. Gay kids need to choose to reject their nature. People's misuse of that scripture can imply that straight members aren't enemies to God like gay members are. See? Second class citizens.
The question that church leaders need to ask is how the church can comply with God's insistence that He is no respecter of persons. Because the current policies of the church tend (intentionally or not) to lead to different standards for different citizens of the kingdom.
