To Legalize That Which Is Basically Wrong or Evil Will Not Prevent the Pain And Penalties That Will Follow As Surely As Night Follows Day.

There are both moral and physical laws “irrevocably decreed in heaven before the foundations of this world” that cannot be changed.17 History demonstrates over and over again that moral standards cannot be changed by battle and cannot be changed by ballot. To legalize that which is basically wrong or evil will not prevent the pain and penalties that will follow as surely as night follows day.

Regardless of the opposition, we are determined to stay on course. We will hold to the principles and laws and ordinances of the gospel. If they are misunderstood either innocently or willfully, so be it. We cannot change; we will not change the moral standard. We quickly lose our way when we disobey the laws of God. If we do not protect and foster the family, civilization and our liberties must needs perish.

Boyd K. Packer, “Cleansing the Inner Temple,” Ensign, Nov 2010, 74–77

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We Did Not Make The Rules; They Were Revealed as Commandments