According to David A. Bednar, there are no gay people in the Mormon Church. While speaking in Chile, Bednar said “There are no homosexual members of the church. We are not defined by sexual attraction. We are not defined by sexual behavior. We are sons and daughters of God. And all of us have different challenges in the flesh.”
The 63-year-old Elder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints added, “Simply being attracted to someone of the same gender is not a sin. There are many members of the church who may have some manifestation of that attraction. They honor their covenants, the keep the commandments, they are worthy, they can receive the blessings of the temple and they can serve in the church.”
