Here's the talk in full, by Elder Boyd K. Packer, President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles:
From what I understand, the sentence that upset the Human Rights Campaign (and many others, I'm sure) has actually been altered from the original.
Here is the statement released Tuesday in response to the HRC's concerns:
Here's the gist, in my own words: God's laws surrounding sexuality apply to everyone, gay or straight. And marriage has existed since before the universe came into existence. We can't redefine it because we didn't define it in the first place.
That said, love one another. Love your neighbors. All of them. And please don't say, "Hate the sin, love the sinner," as if you don't sin. Everyone sins. All the more reason to live as the Savior did, with gentleness and kindness and love unfeigned.
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