I think what the Church should ideally do, and does appear to do in the context of straight relationships, is to support people in crossing from the easier pleasure of momentary carnal satisfaction, into the more difficult pleasure of love and family and relationship.

The more gay people can tell our stories, the more other people will accept gay people.

I hated being depressed, but it was also in depression that I learned my own acreage, the full extent of my soul.

I don't accept subtractive models of love, only additive ones. And I believe that in the same way we need species diversity to ensure that the planet can go on, so we need this diversity of affection and diversity of family in order to strengthen the ecosphere of kindness.

Religion is so focused on family. These days, for many people, being gay is also focused on family.

If you don't want to have gay weddings in Mormon churches, that's fine. That's absolutely up to the members of the faith or the leadership of the faith. I would never suggest that the Mormon Church has to consecrate gay unions. But homosexuality runs at a fairly constant rate through all populations. There are many gay Mormons.

The Church responds to antiquated social realities, and those realities remain much more current in Utah precisely because of the Church.