“The good news for somebody who is struggling with same-gender attraction is this: It is that 'I'm not stuck with it forever.' It's just now. Admittedly, for each one of us, it's hard to look beyond the 'now' sometimes. But nonetheless, if you see mortality as now, it's only during this season.” IfsLooksSometimesHardStruggleForeverNewsSeasonsGenderAttractionStuckMortalityGood News 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, the blessings of exaltation and eternal life that Heavenly Father holds out to all of His children apply to me. Every blessing - including eternal marriage - is and will be mine in due course.” IfsChildrenMadeI CanCoursesFatherMinesBlessingEternalIncludingWorthyDuesBeing TrueHeavenlyCommandmentsEternal LifeCovenantHeavenly FatherExaltationEternal Marriage Author: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 a label on it, whether it is civil union or domestic partnership or whatever label it's given, it is nonetheless tantamount to marriage.” IfsGivenRightsAuthorityUnionsLabelsBelongingPartnershipGoverningBundlesLegal Rights 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 of God with whatever my talents may be, whether intellect, or music, or athletics, or somebody that has a compassion to help people, to see myself in a larger setting and thus to see my life in that setting.” PeopleIfsShouldMayChildrenHelpingCompassionSeeingTalentStriveGenderIntellectAttractionSettingSettingsAthleticsChild Of God Author:Lance B. Wickman
