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Another issue right now is LDS children being required to answer sexual questions

Nope. The guidlines are here. See number 5 in the interview questions.

with clergy, alone, behind closed doors

Wrong again. "If a youth desires, he or she may invite a parent or another adult to be present when meeting with the bishop or one of his counselors."

There's a man waging a hunger strike right now to draw attention to the LDS church's harmful shaming and grooming practices. So far the infallible leadership has not deigned to meet with him.

Strike three! "Church leaders at every level—from Sam’s local bishop and stake president to a recent conversation with a general authority—have met with him to express love, to listen and to counsel with him."

Another issue right now is LDS children being required to answer sexual questions

Nope. The guidlines are here. See number 5 in the interview questions.

with clergy, alone, behind closed doors

Wrong again. "If a youth desires, he or she may invite a parent or another adult to be present when meeting with the bishop or one of his counselors."

There's a man waging a hunger strike right now to draw attention to the LDS church's harmful shaming and grooming practices. So far the infallible leadership has not deigned to meet with him.

Strike three! "Church leaders at every level—from Sam’s local bishop and stake president to a recent conversation with a general authority—have met with him to express love, to listen and to counsel with him."

Who says he did?

Who says he did?

See, for example, http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/church-clarifies-proposition-8-filing-corrects-erroneous-news-reports which states that in-kind donations were under $200k (not millions) and that the church gave *no* cash donations.

The individual /members/ of the LDS church probably constituted a big chunk of the contributions to Prop 8, but that's very, very different than the LDS church as an institution directly contributing funds as you stated it - the assertion that Prop 8 passed because "the Catholic Church and the Mormon Church spent untold millions of dollars campaigning for it" is incorrect.

Mormonism is quite crazy as a religious belief though their believers seem to be very nice personalities.

Do you say that because it's popular to brand the LDS religion as crazy, or do you have a specific reason to believe so? Come talk with us about what we really believe; you might be surprised. Oh, you may encounter a couple people who might encourage you to convert, maybe even the over-zealous member who says you have to convert, but you don't. It's still your choice, all the way through.

If you really don't want to risk talking to one, this page may be helpful, at least in terms of the ideas currently popular to point at.

I know I may be a little late to the conversation here, but:

Though I admit, getting my very own planet in the afterlife is a pretty tempting proposition.

From Mormonism-101

Do Latter-day Saints believe that they will “get their own planet”?
No. This idea is not taught in Latter-day Saint scripture, nor is it a doctrine of the Church. This misunderstanding stems from speculative comments unreflective of scriptural doctrine. Mormons believe that we are all sons and daughters of God and that all of us have the potential to grow during and after this life to become like our Heavenly Father (see Romans 8:16-17). The Church does not and has never purported to fully understand the specifics of Christ’s statement that “in my Father’s house are many mansions” (John 14:2).

Read about a third of the way down. This is a response to last weeks Rock Center piece on the Church, but it still answers the question you are trying to answer.

http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/mormonism-news--getting-it-right-august-29