President Boyd K Packer reiterated our some of our beliefs regarding the blessings that come from traditional marriage, and the need to resist and influence that would draw us away from those blessings at the October 2010 LDS General Conference almost two weeks ago. His talk received a lot of attention, and many took his words to be something every different than he really said. I'd encourage anyone who wants to understand our view, and not just take for granted what the media says about it, to watch his sermon personally.
My dad taught me that that sexual relations are like dynamite just as his father taught him. Dynamite, like the activities my dad compared it to, has great power to chance lives. Both are a very useful tool for accomplishing great things.
You can do incredibly constructive things with dynamite. With dynamite, easy paths of travel between the eastern and western United States was possible. Dynamite can also maim and destroy lives. It can impact many more than just those who are trusted with using it.
Spider-man's uncle taught him a similar principle with the credo
"With great power comes great responsibility." We should recognize that our actions have a greater impact than we could ever see.
