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==Question: Were Joseph Smith and other nineteenth century Mormons not strenuously opposed to same-sex acts or intimacy?==
===The evidence does not suggest that nineteenth-century Mormons regarded homosexual acts with anything but abhorrence===
 
It is claimed that Joseph Smith and other nineteenth century Mormons were not strenuously opposed to same-sex acts or intimacy, and that the modern Church's opposition to homosexual conduct is a later aberration. <ref>{{CriticalWork:Quinn:Same Sex Dynamics|pages=1&ndash;}}</ref>
 
The evidence does not suggest that nineteenth-century Mormons regarded homosexual acts with anything but abhorrence.  Attempts to prove otherwise seem largely founded on agenda-driven writing and a distortion of the historical evidence.
 
Historian D. Michael Quinn's book, ''Same-Sex Dynamics Among Nineteenth-Century Americans: A Mormon Example'' is almost solely responsible for this claim.  Quinn's methodology and conclusions are shoddy, and have been severely criticized by LDS and non-LDS historians.
 
The FairMormon Answers Wiki contains an analysis of this book's claims, with links to further reviews and resources: [[Specific_works/Same-Sex_Dynamics_Among_Nineteenth-Century_Americans:_A_Mormon_Example|here]].
 
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