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No, President Oaks. You're wrong about D&C131.

  In President Dallin H. Oaks’s April 2022 General Conference address he said: Fundamental to us is God’s revelation that exaltation can be attained only through faithfulness to the covenants of an eternal marriage between a man and a woman. That divine doctrine is why we teach that “gender is an essential characteristic of individual premortal, mortal, and eternal identity and purpose.” The source of this fundamental doctrine he identifies in a footnote as D&C 131:1-4, which thanks to Early Morning Seminary, I have memorized. It reads:  In the celestial glory there are three heavens or degrees and in order to obtain the highest a man must enter into this order of the priesthood, meaning the new and everlasting covenant of marriage, and if he does not he cannot obtain it. He may enter into the other but that is the end of his kingdom. He cannot have an increase.  I actually really appreciate this part of President Oaks’s talk because I’ve banged my head against a wall...