As one who has always been mindful of my Temple covenants, an unwavering believer, and a follower of my Priesthood leaders, this is not an easy letter to write. It is available to the general Church membership and the public, and my wife and I have been referred to it numerous times as we have come to grips with this issue over the past few years. Although originally delivered by you as an address in 1978, the pamphlet To The One remains to this day the Church’s most current and definitive written statement by a General Authority on the issue of homosexuality. I write this letter out of the realization that to maintain my own personal integrity, I need to inform you of the personal heartache and damage you have to some degree been responsible for visiting upon my immediate family as the author of To the One. If you know the devotion to the Church of my brother Ralph and my late sister Clare, you know mine. I provide the context of our families and heritage for no purpose other than establishing the solid upbringing in the Gospel and the Church that my wife and I have both had. Richards, and the great-granddaughter of President Heber J. My wife, Carlie, is the granddaughter of the late Elder Franklin D. I most recently served as bishop of the Salt Lake University 29th Ward, Salt Lake University 5th Stake. and Clare Hardy Johnson, and the son of Ralph W. Packer on Mormon homosexualsĪlthough we have met briefly before, it is through the context of my family that you would be able to place me.
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