Week 2, The Family: A Proclamation to the World

The Family: A Proclamation to the World is such an inspired document!  The beginning of the document starts out saying this:

"We, the First Presidency and the Council of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, solemnly proclaim that marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God and that the family is central to the Creator’s plan for the eternal destiny of His children."

 

"For me, this issue isn’t about being against gays, it is about being in support of traditional marriage.  I believe that legalizing gay marriage is an attack on marriage which is “the oldest social institution in the world.”  

(Lynn D. Wardle, 2007)

TOLERANCE

There is a county clerk in Kentucky, , who refused to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Something that she said stuck out to me- "Those who support same-sex marriage, they don't want any middle ground. They don't want any dissent, and not only do they not want any dissent, they want everyone to affirm gay marriage." 

Elder Oaks said, "Tolerance does not require abandoning one's standards or one's opinions on political or public policy choices. Tolerance is a way of reacting to diversity, not a command to insulate it from examination." 

"Changes in the civil law do not, indeed cannot, change the moral law that God has established." (The First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles Letter, (January 2014).

 Our wonderful living prophet, Thomas S. Monson, encouraged members of the church "to show kindness and respect for all people everywhere. The world in which we live is filled with diversity. We can and should demonstrate respect toward those whose beliefs differ from ours."