The idea that desires and attractions must be acted on is an incredibly immature position, sexual or not. Determining if, when, how much, and in what way you sh

The idea that desires and attractions must be acted on is an incredibly immature position, sexual or not. Determining if, when, how much, and in what way you should act on your appetites, attractions, or desires is part of what being a mature adult is about. You also seem to be suggesting that disordered attractions can't exist, as if they are infallible, unquestionable, even divine in origin, or that you've somehow given same-sex attraction dispensation that does not extend to other attractions regarded as disordered. People do distinguish between same-sex attraction and the gay lifestyle and there are plenty of people who have the former but do not live out the latter because they believe that pleasure, consent, and social approval do not determine whether something is morally good or not (note that this is not an intrinsically religious question, but one belonging to ethics). It is unfortunate that subjects such as these cannot be discussed in a dispassionate and reasonable manner and that arguing or holding that the gay lifestyle is morally wrong is somehow an act of hatred or bigotry. If youths with same-sex attraction are indeed committing suicide at high rates in Utah, it makes sense to find out why and address that. It does not follow that they are committing suicide because the Mormon church holds the gay lifestyle as wrong and that therefore the church must change its position. If the moral (again, not religious) principles are true, then they aren't the problem.