Very few people like to live their life according to rules; most feel that they are capable enough to figure things out for themselves and to make their own decisions, and this certainly applies to dating and marriage. Being given rules as to whom you can date and how you may go about doing so may make some people cringe.

However, most also realize that in order to belong to a particular religion, any religion, you must obey some rules and meet some requirements. This is true when it comes to Mormon dating rules; there are things that are and are not allowed when two people want to be in an approved state within the Mormon Church and to date.

Mormon dating rules first of all require that you date only another Mormon; this is not unusual for many churches and religions. Dating someone outside your faith is seen as a disloyalty; how important can your faith and beliefs be to you if you decide to align yourself with someone who doesn't share them? Chastity also plays a large part in Mormon dating rules. Their church teaches that sexual relations are to be shared by a man and a woman who are married to each other, and at no other time and with no one else. This rules out all practices of fornication and adultery. Mormon dating rules also touch on one's dress, actions, and even your thoughts, which are to remain modest and chaste at all times. Pornography is forbidden.

While Mormons do not practice arranged marriages or other such things that some religions still do, they encourage their members to take very seriously these Mormon dating rules and to apply them to their own courtship.