Lance B. Wickman

There is no such thing in the Lord's eyes as something called same-gender marriage.

— Lance B. Wickman

Any opportunity to serve in the Church is a blessing.

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Lance B. Wickman

One of the great sophistries of our age, I think, is that merely because one has an inclination to do something, that…

— 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…

— Lance B. Wickman

Grief is the natural by-product of love. One cannot selflessly love another person and not grieve at his suffering or eventual death.…

— Lance B. Wickman

One way to read the Book of Mormon is as a book of encounters between fathers and sons. Some of those encounters…

— 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…

— Lance B. Wickman

Marriage of a man and a woman is clear in Biblical teaching in the Old Testament as well as in the New…

— 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…

— Lance B. Wickman

We live in a very self-absorbed age. I guess it's naturally human to think about my own problems as somehow greater than…

— 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…

— Lance B. Wickman

There are numbers of different types of partnerships or pairings that may exist in society that aren't same-gender sexual relationships that provide…

— Lance B. Wickman

For openers, marriage is neither a matter of politics, nor is it a matter of social policy. Marriage is defined by the…

— Lance B. Wickman

Merely having inclinations does not disqualify one for any aspect of Church participation or membership, except possibly marriage. But even that, in…

— Lance B. Wickman

What we look forward to, and the great promise of the gospel, is that whatever our inclinations are here, whatever our shortcomings…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Lance B. Wickman

If you have some legally sanctioned relationship with the bundle of legal rights traditionally belonging to marriage and governing authority has slapped…

— Lance B. Wickman

I certainly discourage people getting involved with any group or organization that foster living a homosexual lifestyle.

— Lance B. Wickman

There's no denial that one's gender orientation is certainly a core characteristic of any person, but it's not the only one.

— Lance B. Wickman

Children deserve to be reared in a home with a father and a mother.

— Lance B. Wickman

The more a person can look beyond gender orientation, the happier and more fulfilling life is likely to be.

— Lance B. Wickman

There's really no question that there is an anguish associated with the inability to marry in this life. We feel for someone…

— Lance B. Wickman

What matters most is recognition that 'I have my own will. I have my own agency. I have the power within myself…

— Lance B. Wickman

We live in a society which is so saturated with sexuality that it perhaps is more troublesome now, because of that fact,…

— Lance B. Wickman

Same-gender attraction did not exist in the pre-earth life and neither will it exist in the next life. It is a circumstance…

— Lance B. Wickman

Homosexual behavior is and will always remain before the Lord an abominable sin. Calling it something else by virtue of some political…

— Lance B. Wickman

This notion that 'what happens in your house doesn't affect what happens in my house' on the subject of the institution of…

— Lance B. Wickman

The good news for somebody who is struggling with same-gender attraction is this: It is that 'I'm not stuck with it forever.'…

— Lance B. Wickman

The willingness to turn to the Savior, the opportunity of going to sacrament service on a Sunday, and really participating in the…

— 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…

— Lance B. Wickman

Justice - there is an air of nobility about the word. It calls to mind other words like equity, fairness, and truth.…

— Lance B. Wickman

We really are immortal in the sense that Christ’s Atonement conquers death, both physical and spiritual. And provided we have so lived…

— Lance B. Wickman

The worst possible thing for any of us - no matter what our temptations, no matter what our mortal inclinations may be…

— Lance B. Wickman