Leviticus 14 - 18

In our day, to be politically correct, the world teaches tolerance and patience for all beliefs and related actions whether morally correct or not. For those of the priesthood who have been called after the "Order of the Son of God", we have been instructed that -

"...No power or influence can or ought to be maintained by virtue of the priesthood, only by persuasion, by long-suffering, by gentleness and meekness, and by love unfeigned;
42 By kindness, and pure knowledge, which shall greatly enlarge the soul without hypocrisy, and without guile—" (Doctrine and Covenants Section 121:41 - 42)

"...giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity." (New Testament 2 Peter 1:5 - 7)

And our decisions -

"...are to be made in all righteousness, in holiness, and lowliness of heart, meekness and long suffering, and in faith, and virtue, and knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness and charity..." (Doctrine and Covenants Section 107:30)

But in the exercising of all these virtues, the scriptures are clear and very specific that -

"...the Lord cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance." (Book of Mormon Alma 45:16)

In my mind this means that we love the transgressor not the sin. We cannot tolerate or accept the sin. This concept becomes clear in the Law of Moses. First the Lord commands -

"Thou shalt not commit adultery." (Old Testament Exodus 20:14)

But like our children, the world pushes to see the line or the limits. What this commandment means is that sexual relations or reserved for marriage, period. Some may brush off sexual relations with the question - "it depends of what your definition of sexual relations means". I believe it is any action that that tends crosses the line of love and compassion to sexual stimilus. I believe the children of Israel needed more rules and guidelines so the Lord told them -

"None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness..." (Old Testament Leviticus 18:6)

"Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination." (Old Testament Leviticus 18:22)

"Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith..." (Old Testament Leviticus 18:23)

"Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations..." (Old Testament Leviticus 18:26)

"For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people." (Old Testament Leviticus 18:29)

These commandments are still commandments today as given anciently. Let me so state again -

"...I the Lord cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance;
32 Nevertheless, he that repents and does the commandments of the Lord shall be forgiven..." (Doctrine and Covenants Section 1:31 - 32)