What do Mormons think about human sexuality?
It’s actually a very important and sacred topic, one that needs to be approached with sensitivity but one that needs to be clearly taught and understood. Sexuality is viewed as a God-given gift, related to our divine nature and to our divinely appointed gender (see the Official LDS Proclamation on the Family and Family Practices). But this gift must only be used in proper ways. An excellent overview of this topic is given by Terrance D. Olson in his article, “Sexuality,” in the Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol.3: In LDS life and thought, sexuality consists of attitudes, feelings, and desires that are God-given and central to God’s plan for his children, but they are not the central motivating force in human action. Sexual feelings are to be governed by each individual within boundaries the Lord has set. Sexuality is not characterized as a need, or a deprivation that must be satisfied, but as a desire that should be fulfilled only within marriage, with sensitive attention given to the wel
