Gordon B. Hinckley Quotes

Talk about polygamy! There is no true philosopher on the face of the earth but what will admit that such a system, properly carried out according to the order of heaven, is far superior to monogamy for the raising of healthy, robust children!

One of the basic forms of marriage, the practice of which, historically, had far exceeded that of any other form.

If we are going to do away with polygamy, it would only be one feather in the bird, one ordinance in the Church and Kingdom. Do away with that, then we must do away with the prophets and apostles, with revelation and the gifts and graces of the Gospel, and finally give up our religion altogether.

Any sex outside of the marriage bond between a man and a woman is violating God's law.

I have great trouble with the people who envision AIDS as a punishment from God.

The irrationality of disgust suggests it is unreliable as a source of moral insight. There may be good arguments against gay marriage, partial-birth abortions and human cloning, but the fact that some people find such acts to be disgusting should carry no weight.

I support non-discrimination for homosexuals, but I think, or at least I have the right to think - without saying whether I think it or not - I have the right to think, along with the catechism of the Catholic Church, that homosexuality is morally wrong.

I believe in traditional marriage.

If everyone got a divorce and looked for a second wife, the Coptic family would lose its moral compass.

I am thinking of taking a fifth wife. Why not? Solomon had a thousand wives and he is a synonym for wisdom.

Any attempt to develop the civil, criminal and public law based on the Gospel alone cannot be efficient, for without the full churching of life, that is without complete victory over sin, the law of the Church cannot become the law of the world

The marriage institution, in its purity would serve as a vehicle of civilization among the natives. Their practice of polygamy would fade away if simply discountenanced, because this practice ever yields and vanishes before the light of civilization and Christianity…there should be intermarriage between white men and Indian women to produce new generations who would merge with the American people.

Thro’ want of Ministers to marry and thro’ the licentiousness of the People, many hundreds live in Concubinage – swopping their Wives as Cattel, and living in a State of Nature, more irregularly and unchastely than the Indians.

Ethical and legal are not synonyms. ;

[We] relegate to the Moslem and Judaic religious authorities all matters relating to personal ethics, inheritance, and religious practices, leaving other civil and penal matters to the courts presided over by professional magistrates.

Those who imagine polygamy to be handy cover for promiscuity are apparently off the mark. If polygamists share one quality, it is that, polygamy aside, they are extraordinarily strait-laced.

I believe that in the historic and religious nature, marriage is between a man and a woman.

I believe marriages should be legally defined as between one man and one woman.

I did sacrifice a goat. I know that's probably a quibble in the mind of most Americans.

This is God's standards [against same-sex marriage and abortions]. And just because public opinion may have changed or somebody takes a poll - this is just one of the issues. And it doesn't matter what people say or what people think. It doesn't matter about the opinion polls. It's what God says, and God says this is a sin. And it's a sin against him, and he's going to judge sin.

I personally have a great deal of respect for readers. I have a great deal of respect for the human race. I think most people can tell the difference between fiction and fact. I think that the action of writing about something does not condone it. The best thing I can ever hope to do is provide good questions, and I think I do that. I hope I do.

Christian - One who is willing to serve three Gods, but draws the line at one wife.

Some of the nations of Europe who believe in the one wife system have actually forbidden a plurality of wives by their laws; and the consequences are that the whole country among them is overrun with the most abominable practices: adulteries and unlawful connections through all their villages, towns, cities, and country places to a most fearful extent.

I think big data companies only like good news. So I think they're just hoping that they don't get sued, essentially.

We don’t have to debate about what we should think about homosexual activity, it’s written in the Bible.