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 treated.

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 gender orientation, and to try to see the whole person.

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, and it is behavior which is important.

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

What matters most is recognition that 'I have my own will. I have my own agency. I have the power within myself to control what I do.'

The willingness to turn to the Savior, the opportunity of going to sacrament service on a Sunday, and really participating in the ordinance of the sacrament... listening to the prayers, partaking of those sacred emblems. Those are opportunities that really help us to come within the ambit of the Savior's Atonement.

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