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Mormonism and gender issues/Women/Role in the Church/Marriage
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Criticism
Some critics charge that the LDS Church devalues those who are not married, degrades women, or encourages improper behavior by spouses.
Answer
Marriage is the highest state in LDS doctrine. The Church always teaches to the highest ideal. This does not, however, degrade those who do not live, or are not able to live this ideal. Members who are married, whether to another member or to a non-member, have duties:
- to God
- to their partner
- to their children
- to themselves.
Duty to God
Duty to Partner
Duty to Children
Duty to Self
Further reading
FAIR wiki articles
FAIR web site
- FAIR Topical Guide:
External links
- LDS.org: Dating and courtship Church site
- LDS.org: Challnenges in marriage Church site
- LDS.org: Eternal importance of marriage and family Church site
- LDS.org: Finances in marriage Church site
- LDS.org: Forgiveness in marriage Church site
- LDS.org: Single members Church site
- LDS.org: Single-parent families Church site
- LDS.org: Unity and friendship in marriage Church site
- LDS.org: Women Church site