“Church leaders are sometimes asked whether there is any place in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for persons with homosexual or lesbian susceptibilities or feelings. Of course, there is. The degree of difficulty and the pattern necessary to forgo behavior and to control thoughts will be different with different individuals, but the message of hope and the hand of fellowship offered by the church is the same for all who strive.”

Dallin H. Oaks, Ensign – October 1995 “Same-Gender Attraction” (Salt Lake City, UT: Ensign Magazine, October 1995).