jan 1, 1971 - "New Horizons for Homosexuals" [Parts 28 & 29]

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“Some begin the ruinous practice of perversion through curiosity and then become entangled in its tentacles [p. 3].”

"One of Satan's strongest weapons is to make the victim believe the practice incurable regardless of one's effort … Satan tells his victims that it is a natural way of life; that it is normal; that perverts are a different kind of people born ‘that way' and that they cannot change. This is a base lie ... authorities in the field have proclaimed that homosexuality, like fornication, adultery, robbery, and other detestable sins is curable [p. 11].”

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“So long as you tolerate this ‘gay world’ and its degenerate people, you are in a very desperate situation and you are playing with fire just like a child who might be pounding a bomb with a hammer.

“Homosexuality can be cured if the battle is well organized and pursued vigorously and continuously."

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“When you reach the point where you justify yourself; sear over your conscience; pretend it is not sin; admit that you are ‘licked’, and that you cannot overcome it—that is the sad day. When one so far succumbs that he says, ‘This is the way I wish to live; here I find my satisfactions; I commit no immorality; I will not change,’ then the tragic moment has come. When one says, ‘I am different; God made me this way; my parents are to blame; my upbringing was responsible,’ certainly he has arrived at a pitiable place. God made no man a pervert.

“To blame a weakness and transgression upon God is cowardly.”

-Spencer W. Kimball
Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, "New Horizons for Homosexuals"
LDS Church published pamphlet, 1971

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