Prop 8

In light of the election I just thought that I would finally write out all of my thoughts and feelings. I wish I was still a resident of California so that I could have voted YES on Prop 8. I'm bothered by the people that are upset at the church for getting involved with this in protecting marriage between man and a woman.

I have always been taught that the President of the church is not really the president of the church, but that he acts for the Lord and Christ and does what They ask him to do. I know without a doubt that this is true and that President Monson and the First Presidency are all spokesmen for the Lord and His will. So if we go off on this little known fact couldn't we just say that it is really the Lord that is getting involved?

The Lord has a plan for us and that was for us to come to earth and receive a body and then "multiply and replenish the earth", that way his other sons and daughters would be able to come to earth and receive a body. Back in 1995, over 10 years ago, the Church put out a proclamation to the word: A Family. It talks about the sacred duties that a father and a mother have in raising their children. It specifically states that "marriage is between a man and a woman". I whole heartly agree that this is what the Lord truly wants. If we did allow gay marriage what would happen? It would soon turn out that we as people would die out. There is no way for a gay couple to physically have kids together. We weren't made like that.

I'm saddened at the fact that people are so against the church for getting involved. It just makes me think that people are getting too stuck in the world and not looking at the eternal perspective. We as members of the church are SO lucky to be able to see things this way. Why is it that we let ourselves become blinded from that? Whether we were born in the church or converted later, if we really did have a strong testimony then I don't think people would doubt the church. People are so caught up in politics that they are willing to throw away everything they believe in because of something that the church has taken a stance in. It has been said that the church does not take sides in politics, but people should think that if the church finally is, isn't for a good reason? Shouldn't they think that they most be some sort of reason for doing this? We knew that we would be persecuted for it, but they still did it anyway. Shouldn't that be some sort of lit up billboard that this is important?

People are so caught up in the fact that it is their "right" to be able to have gay marriage. So far they still have the same "rights" as any one else who is a resident. In my religion class we talked about what rights were. He said there are three different kinds of rights: 1) it's a direction 2) meaning that something is correct 3) an entitlement. He continued that the third definition is based on the first two. An entitlement is something that moves us in a good direction and that is correct. Well, does gay marriage move us into a good direction and that is correct? Like I previously stated, the Lord specially made it in His plan that a man should marry a woman so that they might reproduce. A gay couple cannot do that, therefor it is not in accordance to the Lord's plan which therefore makes in incorrect.

I know that everyone differs in political views. That is something that we are so lucky to have by through our agency and through living in the United States of America. I am not trying to bash the other side but more just state my views. I being a member of the church as allowed me to look at this in a completely different way than the world wants you to. I'm not going to let myself get caught up in it. I know that the Lord is the one behind promoting Prop 8. All those who are against, I would hate to watch you stand in front of your Lord, your Redeemer, your Savior, your Brother, and tell him to his face that supporting marriage between a man and a woman is wrong.