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title: "2 Advocating Quotes By Lance B. Wickman"
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> [This notion that 'what happens in your house doesn't affect what happens in my house' on the subject of the institution of marriage may be the ultimate sophistry of those advocating same-gender marriage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lance-b-wickman/this-notion-that-what-happens-in-your-house-doesn-t-affect-what/)

[Lance B. Wickman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lance-b-wickman/)

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> [It's not the Church that has made the issue of marriage a matter of federal law. Those who are vigorously advocating for something called same-gender marriage have essentially put that potato on the fork. They're the ones who have created…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lance-b-wickman/it-s-not-the-church-that-has-made-the-issue-of-marriage-a-matter-of/)

[Lance B. Wickman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lance-b-wickman/)

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## More by Lance B. Wickman

> [It really is true the Lord's way is to love the sinner while condemning the sin. That is to say we continue to open…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lance-b-wickman/it-really-is-true-the-lord-s-way-is-to-love-the-sinner-while/)

[Lance B. Wickman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lance-b-wickman/)

> [What happens in somebody's house down the street does in very deed have an effect on what happens in my house and how it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lance-b-wickman/what-happens-in-somebody-s-house-down-the-street-does-in-very-deed/)

[Lance B. Wickman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lance-b-wickman/)

> [Ultimately, the wisest course for anybody who's afflicted with same-gender attraction is to strive to extend one's horizon beyond just one's sexual orientation, one's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lance-b-wickman/ultimately-the-wisest-course-for-anybody-who-s-afflicted-with-same/)

[Lance B. Wickman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lance-b-wickman/)

> [Why somebody has a same-gender attraction... who can say? But what matters is the fact that we know we can control how we behave,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lance-b-wickman/why-somebody-has-a-same-gender-attraction-who-can-say-but-what/)

[Lance B. Wickman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lance-b-wickman/)

> [ \[Genderless marriage\] is contrary to God's law, to revealed Word. Scripture, ancient and modern, could not be clearer on the definition that the Lord… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lance-b-wickman/genderless-marriage-is-contrary-to-god-s-law-to-revealed-word/)

[Lance B. Wickman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lance-b-wickman/)

> [If I can keep myself worthy here, if I can be true to gospel commandments, if I can keep covenants that I have made,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lance-b-wickman/if-i-can-keep-myself-worthy-here-if-i-can-be-true-to-gospel/)

[Lance B. Wickman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lance-b-wickman/)

> [Marriage is not an institution to be tampered with by mankind, and certainly not to be tampered with by those who are doing so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lance-b-wickman/marriage-is-not-an-institution-to-be-tampered-with-by-mankind-and/)

[Lance B. Wickman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lance-b-wickman/)

> [In this life, such things as service in the Church, including missionary service, all of this is available to anyone who is true to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lance-b-wickman/in-this-life-such-things-as-service-in-the-church-including/)

[Lance B. Wickman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lance-b-wickman/)

> [Isn't it really the significance of the Atonement in a person's life? Doesn't the Atonement really begin to mean something to a person when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lance-b-wickman/isn-t-it-really-the-significance-of-the-atonement-in-a-person-s-life/)

[Lance B. Wickman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lance-b-wickman/)

> [Any opportunity to serve in the Church is a blessing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lance-b-wickman/any-opportunity-to-serve-in-the-church-is-a-blessing/)

[Lance B. Wickman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lance-b-wickman/)

> [There's an old maxim which is really true for every parent and that is, 'You haven't failed until you quit trying.' I think that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lance-b-wickman/there-s-an-old-maxim-which-is-really-true-for-every-parent-and-that/)

[Lance B. Wickman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lance-b-wickman/)

> [Either there is marriage as it is now defined and as defined by the Lord, or there is what could thus be described as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lance-b-wickman/either-there-is-marriage-as-it-is-now-defined-and-as-defined-by-the/)

[Lance B. Wickman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lance-b-wickman/)

> [It is comparing apples and oranges to refer to the love that the Savior expressed for all mankind, for every person, for every man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lance-b-wickman/it-is-comparing-apples-and-oranges-to-refer-to-the-love-that-the/)

[Lance B. Wickman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lance-b-wickman/)

> [If I'm one that's afflicted with same-gender attraction, I should strive to see myself in a much broader context... seeing myself as a child…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lance-b-wickman/if-i-m-one-that-s-afflicted-with-same-gender-attraction-i-should/)

[Lance B. Wickman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lance-b-wickman/)

> [There is no such thing in the Lord's eyes as something called same-gender marriage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lance-b-wickman/there-is-no-such-thing-in-the-lord-s-eyes-as-something-called-same/)

[Lance B. Wickman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lance-b-wickman/)

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