As
I sit here, I ponder how to say this as to not hurt people’s feelings or upset
anyone but in all honesty, I know there will be someone out there who is going
to be downright upset with me and that’s just the way it’s going to be.
Yesterday there was many saying that same sex marriage should be legalized. There were also many members of the church who I saw supporting this and saying that they support it because we all have the right to choose. They’re right, we all have the choice to live our lives as we want but as a member of the church and a young women’s leader, I have something to say about that. We teach our young women to “Stand for Truth and Righteousness” and yet by saying we support gay marriage because we have the right to choose our way of life, we are directly going against our Heavenly Father. Yes people have the right to choose but we need to be standing for what is right in the eyes of our Father in Heaven, not the way of the world.
Black is black and white is white, there is no gray and that
is something I have come to know. People
argue that there is gray but the problem with that is, when you add black to
the white you have removed the purity of the white. There is no purity in gray.
At one point and time I was part of a group on facebook, LGBT (Lesbians, Gays, Bisexual, and Transgender). When I first became a part of this group it was because I knew that we should love EVERYONE regardless of race, gender, or even their sexual orientation. One of God’s commandments is to Love One Another and that is what the group was about, being kind and loving everyone for who they were. There was a day that took a turn and I could no longer, in good faith, be a part of that group. I could not stand in front of my church leaders while interviewing for a temple recommend and answer the following question with honesty and integrity as long as I was still a part of this group…
“Do you support, affiliate
with, or agree with any group or individual
whose teachings or practices are contrary to or oppose those accepted by the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?”
Does this mean I can’t be
friends with those who don’t believe or live the teachings of our Heavenly
Father? No, it just means that I do not
support or encourage the actions. In the Bible there are many verses which
speak against same sex marriage. God
hasn’t changed the scriptures, nor have his principles changed, therefore mine
will not either.
To
all of my friends, I will always love you.
You are each individual and uniquely created by our Father in Heaven, I
don’t care what your race, religion, sexual orientations, etc. YOU are a child
of God, we all are. I’m sorry to any who
feel offended or upset over what I have to say but I have spent many hours
mulling this over and praying about it.
I know that Heavenly Father has wanted me to share my testimony on this
topic because no matter how many times I push it aside and sit back to watch,
he always puts it right back in front of me.
