California's Proposition 8
Iowa's "Varnum v. Brien"
What We Are Proposing
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"If anyone, regardless of his position in the Church, were to
advance a doctrine that is not substantiated by
the standard Church works, meaning the Bible, the Book of Mormon,
the Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price, you may
know that his statement is merely his private opinion. The only one
authorized to bring forth any new doctrine is the President of the
Church, who, when he does, will declare it as a revelation from God,
and it will be so accepted by the Council of the Twelve and sustained
by the body of the Church. And if any man speak a doctrine which
contradicts what is in the
standard Church works, you may know by that same token that it
is false and you are not bound to accept it as truth." (Harold B. Lee, The Teachings of Harold B. Lee, edited by Clyde J. Williams [Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1996], 544.)
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