Money Shot: A Free Pass Given to an Ugly Industry
Netflix’s Money Shot: The PornHub Story delves into the world’s most popular porn site. But is it truly a balanced view, or does it ignore the voices of those most harmed by pornography?
Category: Sexuality & Family
How Do You Know When Someone Truly Loves You?
Compared to that activist down the street, do President Dallin Oaks and other faith leaders really love you? That probably depends on how you define “love.”
Have Progressives Really Won this Contest of Ideas?
A response to Patrick Mason on gender and sexuality, with suggested readings for those unfamiliar with the robust rationale for Biblical marriage provided by Latter-day Saints and many scholars.
Misusing Eunuchs
Even the best of motives do not allow us to change the commandments or remove the crosses of others.
The Respect for Marriage Act and Caesar’s Coin
It’s been easy for people to misinterpret the Church’s support of the Respect for Marriage Act. Greater awareness about the difficult cultural atmosphere believers find themselves in might help.
The Art of Skewing Church Statements
Some have been confused about the Church’s support for new federal legislation. But are they confused about what the Church actually said—or about how media outlets spun it?
Abortion As a Proxy Battle Over the Sexual Revolution
In the ongoing debate about religion, politics, and abortion, far less attention has gone to how the desire to do whatever people want sexually shapes the entire conversation.
It’s Not Loving to Mislead People About Reality
When prophets have spoken unanimously and consistently, a “stupor of thought” is far more likely indicative of resisting truth than signaling enlightenment to see beyond it.
Protecting Kids From Explicit Material Shouldn’t Be Controversial
However popular it’s become to portray parents concerned about sexualized scenes in books as somehow secretly motivated by bigotry and racism, it’s simply not true.
Preferred Pronouns: At What Cost?
Increasingly, we are hearing that honoring preferred pronouns is simply a way to show love and nothing more. Yet this overlooks both the larger ideology connected to this pronoun embrace and its real-life implications, especially in the lives of young people.
A Few Questions Before You Try to Change the Church
Some mistakenly assume that ongoing restoration means every aspect of the church is open to future change. Here are a few questions for anyone ready to declare a grand future development (just out of current prophetic view).
Catching a Vision of the Doctrine of the Family
Are Latter-day Saints too focused on teachings about the family? Or are prophets emphasizing exactly what God knows will lead to our greatest happiness?
