UNDERSTANDING HOMOSEXUALITY

1) “If the desires of our heart are contrary to scripture, then we should not pursue them further.” 

~Joseph B. Wirthlin OCT 2002 General Conference

2) "Feelings can be controlled and behavior can be controlled. The line of sin is between the feelings and the behavior. The line of prudence is between the susceptibility and the feelings. We need to lay hold on the feelings and try to control them to keep us from getting into a circumstance that leads to sinful behavior.” 

~Dallin H Oaks and Lance B. Wickman (Same Gender Attraction – Official Statement of the Church)

3)      "Perhaps there is an inclination or susceptibility to such feelings that is a reality for some and not a reality for others. But out of such susceptibilities come feelings, and feelings are controllable. If we cater to the feelings, they increase the power of the temptation. If we yield to the temptation, we have committed sinful behavior.” 

~Dallin H. Oaks (Same Gender Attraction –Official Statement of the Church)

4)  "Find fulfillment in the many other facets of your character and your personality and your nature that extend beyond that. There’s no denial that one’s gender orientation is certainly a core characteristic of any person, but it’s not the only one.”

 ~Dallin H. Oaks and Lance B. Wickman (Same Gender Attraction – Official Statement of the Church)

5) "We do not reject you, We cannot reject you, for you are the sons and daughters of God. We will not reject you, because we love you.

~Jeffrey R Holland (Quoting Boyd K. Packer Helping Those Who Struggle with Same Gender Attraction – Conference OCT 2007)

6) "If you do not act on temptations, you have not transgressed.”

 ~Jeffrey R. Holland (Helping Those Who Struggle with Same Gender Attraction – Conference OCT 2007)

7)  "Through the merciful plan of our Father in Heaven, persons who desire to do what is right but through no fault of their own are unable to have an eternal marriage in mortal life will have an opportunity to qualify for eternal life in a period following mortality, if they keep the commandments of God and are true to their baptismal and other covenants.” 
~Dallin H. Oaks ( Same Gender Attraction – Conference OCT 1995)

8) “All of us have some feelings we did not choose, but the gospel of Jesus Christteaches us that we still have the power to resist and reform our feelings (as needed) and to assure that they do not lead us to entertain inappropriate thoughts or to engage in sinful behavior.” 
~Dallin H. Oaks (Same Gender Attraction – Conference OCT 1995)

9)  “Satan would like us to believe that we are not responsible in this life. That is the result he tried to achieve by his contest in the pre-existence. A person who insists that he is not responsible for the exercise of his free agency because he was ‘born that way’ is trying to ignore the outcome of the War in Heaven. We are responsible, and if we argue otherwise, our efforts become part of the propaganda effort of the Adversary.”
 ~Dallin H. Oaks (Same Gender Attraction – Conference OCT 1995)

10)   "Through Christ and his church, those who struggle can obtain help. This help comes through fasting and prayer, through the truths of the gospel, through church attendance and service, through the counsel of inspired leaders, and, where necessary, through professional assistance with problems that require such help. Another important source of help is the strengthening influence of loving brothers and sisters. All should understand that persons (and their family members) struggling with the burden of same-sex attraction are in special need of the love and encouragement that is a clear responsibility of Church members, who have signified by covenant their willingness ‘to bear one another’s burdens.” 
~ Dallin H. Oaks (Same Gender Attraction – Conference OCT 1995)