The past few months have been pretty crazy with 4 California judges IGNORING the voice of the people and declaring it is unconstitutional to not allow homosexual couples to marry. First of all, why do homosexual couples want to be the same as heterosexual couples when all along they've been screaming at the public for not accepting them as different from heterosexuals? I like what the General Authorities have said that the word "tolerance" has now come to mean "to condone" when it really means "love and forgiveness". We love those that struggle with same-gender attraction and in no way belittle them for experiencing these struggles. I personally cannot even imagine how great of a trial that is.
Nevertheless, it is important to protect the family as the fundamental unit of society. The ideal family consists of a mother and father rearing their children in love and righteousness. I know there are many that have to do without a husband, wife, mother, or a father, and we send our love and support to those brave and hard-working single parents.
The family--needless to say--is under attack. There are those that have no respect for our beliefs and want to force us to accept their lifestyle as equivalent to what we have come to know since the beginning of time as marriage and the family. They want to force our church leaders to marry two women or two men, they want to force religiously-based adoption agencies to allow a child to have two moms or two dads, they want to force teachers no matter what their personal beliefs to teach young children that it doesn't matter if two women or men want to get married or have children.
We as Christians and other family-oriented people are being attacked for being intolerant. Who's really being intolerant here?
Vote Yes on Prop 8. Protect the divine institution of marriage and the family.
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Monday, October 6, 2008
Conference
First of all, thank you to Suzette for not only taking me to conference, but for also helping me get set up on my blog!
Conference weekend was amazing! I got to spend Saturday in Layton with my grandma. It was really nice having someone take care of me for a day. like taking me shopping and cooking for me, etc... Then Saturday night, I was with my cousin Delanie, telling her how I haven't slept in at all this semester because every weekend I have something going on in the morning and how I'm looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow. Then Suzette calls with tickets to Sunday morning! Of course I was excited, and then decided that I'm just not meant to sleep in. At all. Conference was amazing, of course. I really loved Pres. Monson's talk about finding joy in your today's and not your yesterdays. It was fun to see Sergio, Cami, and to meet Cami's boyfriend Justin. All in all, I think it was our least stressful Conference trip yet!
Monday, May 26, 2008
My First Muslim Luncheon
I completely forgot to mention to Suzette today how my mom and I went to a Muslim luncheon. It was commemorating this certain sect's (umm starts with an A but would have no idea how to say/spell it) 100th birthday. It was really neat to walk in (it was at the Goldy Lewis Community Center in Rancho because their mosque is under construction) and see all these beautiful Muslim women in their dress. The men and women were separated--I liked that, felt less intimidated. Mom and I still stuck out like sore thumbs. Especially me with my lighter hair. But the women were SO sweet. I have never met people so welcoming. And that is definitely saying somethings seeing as I just spent my first year at BYU! As soon as we walked in (late, that is), some women gave up their seats for us! And they got my mom and me water.
I didn't really understand anything the speaker was saying. It was the husband of the woman who invited us (the lady that threads my eyebrows). He was very smart and articulate. It was hard for me to fully understand because of all the vocab. I can now empathize with new members and all the mormon lingo! We were watching the speaker on the projection screen because it was being broadcast from the next room over since the men and women were separated.
One part of the program, there was reading from the Qur'an and it was really neat because it was singing/reading at the same time! It was really beautiful actually. All the women made sure their head shawl thing was covering their head when the Qur'an was being read. It was neat to see how respectful they were. It was concluded with a silent prayer--also neat to see.
After, women were constantly introducing themselves with hugs and making my mom and me feel so welcome. They were so sweet and charitable. We, as LDS, I feel have so much to learn from them. I was thinking how many times less active or nonmembers come and no one goes out of their way to even welcome them. Grant it, my mom and I definitely made it easy for them to spot as new, but I just felt like I should be trying harder.
The women made sure we were at the front of the line for food. I thought it was going to be some intense Pakastani food, but it was pretty normal. The chicken was a little spicy for my mom and me, though.
When I was eating, one of the women that introduced herself came and sat next to me and starting talking to me. It was really neat, but I started feeling uncomfortable as our conversation started to die, I definitely was ready to go home! But the lady was SO sweet! Her name is Bushrahm, I think. She invited my mom and I over to her house for some Pakastani food!
Anyway, I've decided that if I wasn't Mormon, I'd be Muslim.
I didn't really understand anything the speaker was saying. It was the husband of the woman who invited us (the lady that threads my eyebrows). He was very smart and articulate. It was hard for me to fully understand because of all the vocab. I can now empathize with new members and all the mormon lingo! We were watching the speaker on the projection screen because it was being broadcast from the next room over since the men and women were separated.
One part of the program, there was reading from the Qur'an and it was really neat because it was singing/reading at the same time! It was really beautiful actually. All the women made sure their head shawl thing was covering their head when the Qur'an was being read. It was neat to see how respectful they were. It was concluded with a silent prayer--also neat to see.
After, women were constantly introducing themselves with hugs and making my mom and me feel so welcome. They were so sweet and charitable. We, as LDS, I feel have so much to learn from them. I was thinking how many times less active or nonmembers come and no one goes out of their way to even welcome them. Grant it, my mom and I definitely made it easy for them to spot as new, but I just felt like I should be trying harder.
The women made sure we were at the front of the line for food. I thought it was going to be some intense Pakastani food, but it was pretty normal. The chicken was a little spicy for my mom and me, though.
When I was eating, one of the women that introduced herself came and sat next to me and starting talking to me. It was really neat, but I started feeling uncomfortable as our conversation started to die, I definitely was ready to go home! But the lady was SO sweet! Her name is Bushrahm, I think. She invited my mom and I over to her house for some Pakastani food!
Anyway, I've decided that if I wasn't Mormon, I'd be Muslim.
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