I recently had conversation with a good friend of mine from and currently living in Southern California. He has been involved in the local actions of Californians, regardless of religous preference, in the fight to support Prop 8.
He forwarded me a video of an amazing talk given by then LDS Apostle, Elder Maxwell, about the growing opposition and public scorn that we would see in the years to come regarding the sanctity of the family relative to public politics. It was given in 1978, yes 30 years ago, and oh how visible are the prophecies and signs of our current day. You can view the video here:
I would also like to state that in support of Elder Maxwell's position that I hold no personal ill toward the individuals who are anti-Prop8 or who are in favor of beliefs contradictory to that of the LDS faith. Essentially, it is not personal. I simply ask from those in opposition the same thing I am willing to give to them--a tolerance for their opinion void of personal (or religious) slander and hatred.
I will conclude this post with a couple of valuable quotes from Elder Maxwell:
"We are now entering a period of incredible ironies…We will see in our time a maximum effort to establish irreligion as a state religion."
"We will know the joy, on occasion, of having awakened the slumbering majority"
"The concerns expressed [by LDS First Presidency] have been about moral issues not issues between political parties. The declarations are about principles, not people; and causes, not candidates."
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