I am sure all of you heard the letter from the First Presidency. I want to add my emphasis on how important it is that we support passing this marriage bill.
It is critical for all of us as church members to make our voices known to our senators this week. We all have a chance to step up and "Follow the Prophet" in the request that has been made of all of us.
Please call your Senator's office this week and ask him or her to support the bill that makes a marriage legal for only a man and a woman.
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
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Cody, absolutely no offense is meant by the following question. It's seriously something I'm interested in hearing your opinion on. What do you think of this article in the Salt Lake Tribune: "LDS authority and gay marriage". I don't necessarily agree with the author's views on gay marriage, but I do think he makes a good point about the LDS church jumping from marriage being between a man and several women to being between a man and one woman. Even though the practice of polygamy has been discontinued, the doctrine is still taught as something that will be practiced in the afterlife. In fact, the church discontinued polygamy primarily because it was against the laws of the land (not because of a revelation, contrary to popular belief -- read Official Declaration 1 carefully). If the church were being true to it's highest doctrines, wouldn't it be fighting for the legalization of polygamy so the practice can be re-established, instead of making statements like the one you've posted about here?
Heh, I just took my own advice and read Official Declaration 1. I should not have said that it wasn't because of a revelation that the practice of polygamy was discontinued. Woodruff's longer explanation does start with, "I have had some revelations of late..." I sincerely apologize for my mistake.
What I meant (and what I should have said) was that the practice wasn't discontinued because of a change in doctrine. The specific revelation was that the church should submit to the laws of the land regarding their marriage practices. The doctrine of plural marriage is never said to have been revoked or changed. The doctrine still stands, but is currently not practiced because it is against the law.
However, in a democracy such as ours, the authority rests with the people. It is well within the power of the 5 or 6 million Latter-day Saints in this country to persuade our nation to change the laws so that plural marriage becomes legal. Why isn't the church rallying around this cause?
Because it would be outrageously unpopular. Although I don't think the LDS Church is attempting to play politics, it knows a losing battle when it sees one. Gay Marriage, on the other hand, is a safe thing to oppose.
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Brigham Young – President and successor to Joseph Smith
“The Christian world so called are heathen as to their knowledge of the salvation of God”
(Journal of Discourses 8:171)
John Taylor - President and successor to Brigham Young
“We talk about Christianity, but it is a perfect pack of nonsense… It is corrupt as hell; and the devil could not invent a better engine to spread his work than the Christianity of the nineteenth century.”
(Journal of Discourses v.6 page 167) a.d.1858
but..........
Newsweek October 17, 2005 pg. 58 Interview with current LDS Prophet and President Gordon B. Hinckley
NW: Are Mormons Christians?
GBH: Of course we are Christians. He’s the whole cornerstone of our faith. His name is in the name of the church. And his book (Book of Mormon) is another testament of him.
hmmmmmmmmm...
Ummmm, ok. What was the point of this?
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