For openers, marriage is neither a matter of politics, nor is it a matter of social policy. Marriage is defined by the Lord Himself. It's the one institution that is ceremoniously performed by priesthood authority in the temple [and] transcends… — Lance B. Wickman Copy Share Image
Same-gender attraction did not exist in the pre-earth life and neither will it exist in the next life. It is a circumstance that for whatever reason or reasons seems to apply right now in mortality, in this nano-second of our… — Lance B. Wickman Copy Share Image
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… — Lance B. Wickman Copy Share Image
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… — Lance B. Wickman Copy Share Image
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… — Lance B. Wickman Copy Share Image
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,… — Lance B. Wickman Copy Share Image
[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… — Lance B. Wickman Copy Share Image
If I can keep myself worthy here, if I can be true to gospel commandments, if I can keep covenants that I have made,… — Lance B. Wickman Copy Share Image
Marriage is not an institution to be tampered with by mankind, and certainly not to be tampered with by those who are doing so… — Lance B. Wickman Copy Share Image
In this life, such things as service in the Church, including missionary service, all of this is available to anyone who is true to… — Lance B. Wickman Copy Share Image
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… — Lance B. Wickman Copy Share Image
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… — Lance B. Wickman Copy Share Image
Either there is marriage as it is now defined and as defined by the Lord, or there is what could thus be described as… — Lance B. Wickman Copy Share Image
![“For openers, marriage is neither a matter of politics, nor is it a matter of social policy. Marriage is defined by the Lord Himself. It's the one institution that is ceremoniously performed by priesthood authority in the temple [and] transcends this world. It is of such profound importance... such…” quote by Lance B. Wickman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4ae/lance-b-wickman-15289_authority_for-openers-marriage-is-neither-a-matter_1875860.jpg)
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