Here's a website to explain the background of what we've been supporting (protectmarriage.com).
I wish I had a picture of my beautiful girls standing out in the cold wind and rain waving signs to cars. It's a picture I'll always keep in my mind. I'm proud of them. Instead of me bragging about them though, I'll let them describe the experience:
Em--It was really rainy and wet. We got over 150 honks. Three people were kind of a little bit mean. One person got out of his car and started yelling at us. I made a leaf pile and we brought candy with us so that we wouldn't get hungry. (She's being very, very forgiving to all the people who waved with one finger and yelled many words I don't say.)
Ray--We went to a busy corner and did Proposition 8. We held signs saying "Yes on Prop 8". It was really busy and noisy. When we held up the sign for 10 minutes we got to eat some of our Halloween candy. I was sad because some of the people were calling us names like "You're dumb!" The people who were voting yes on Proposition 8 honked at us. We got 150 honks. It was raining. The rain was not fun.
Hannah--We played in the rain. We were in the stroller. I played with Mom. People honked. I like people.
On the ride home we talked about the freedom we have in America to voice our opinion. We talked about our choice to do it in a nice way and not in an angry way (like we saw some people choose to do tonight.) The girls have asked some great questions and however it goes tomorrow our family has had a great opportunity to teach some good lessons to our girls.
Monday, November 3, 2008
Leave a Record!
"Make no mistake about it, brothers and sisters, in the months and years ahead, events are likely to require each member to decide whether or not he will follow the First Presidency. Members will find it more difficult to halt longer between two opinions. President Marion G. Romney said, many years ago, that he had 'never hesitated to follow the counsel of the authorities of the Church even though it crossed my social, professional or political life.' This is hard doctrine, but it is particularly vital doctrine in a society which is becoming more wicked.
In short, brothers and sisters, not being ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ includes not being ashamed of the prophets of Jesus Christ. . . Your discipleship may see the time when such religious convictions are discounted. . . . This new irreligious imperialism seeks to disallow certain opinions simply because those opinions grow out of religious convictions.
Resistance to abortion will be seen as primitive. Concern over the institution of the family will be viewed as untrendy and unenlightened.... Before the ultimate victory of the forces of righteousness, some skirmishes will be lost. Even in these, however, let us leave a record so that the choices are clear, letting others do as they will in the face of prophetic counsel. There will also be times, happily, when a minor defeat seems probable, but others will step forward, having been rallied to rightness by what we do. We will know the joy, on occasion, of having awakened a slumbering majority of the decent people of all races and creeds which was, till then, unconscious of itself. Jesus said that when the fig trees put forth their leaves, 'summer is nigh.' Thus warned that summer is upon us, let us not then complain of the heat." --- Elder Neal A. Maxwell
The girls are I are waving signs today at a busy intersection. I have to admit I wasn't going to because the thought of me and 4 girls in the rain waving signs at people who are going to yell at us didn't seem like fun. But then I read this quote from our Stake President: "Our children are aware of and have seen our efforts in this initiative and will be prepared to mount the same kind of effort in the challenges that they will face in the future. We did this not only for ourselves, but we did it as an example to our posterity."
I envisioned my girls fighting even harder than what Jon and I have done and I wanted them to see me give my all up to the end and this is my small part of leaving a record and not complaining of the heat (or rain!)
In short, brothers and sisters, not being ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ includes not being ashamed of the prophets of Jesus Christ. . . Your discipleship may see the time when such religious convictions are discounted. . . . This new irreligious imperialism seeks to disallow certain opinions simply because those opinions grow out of religious convictions.
Resistance to abortion will be seen as primitive. Concern over the institution of the family will be viewed as untrendy and unenlightened.... Before the ultimate victory of the forces of righteousness, some skirmishes will be lost. Even in these, however, let us leave a record so that the choices are clear, letting others do as they will in the face of prophetic counsel. There will also be times, happily, when a minor defeat seems probable, but others will step forward, having been rallied to rightness by what we do. We will know the joy, on occasion, of having awakened a slumbering majority of the decent people of all races and creeds which was, till then, unconscious of itself. Jesus said that when the fig trees put forth their leaves, 'summer is nigh.' Thus warned that summer is upon us, let us not then complain of the heat." --- Elder Neal A. Maxwell
The girls are I are waving signs today at a busy intersection. I have to admit I wasn't going to because the thought of me and 4 girls in the rain waving signs at people who are going to yell at us didn't seem like fun. But then I read this quote from our Stake President: "Our children are aware of and have seen our efforts in this initiative and will be prepared to mount the same kind of effort in the challenges that they will face in the future. We did this not only for ourselves, but we did it as an example to our posterity."
I envisioned my girls fighting even harder than what Jon and I have done and I wanted them to see me give my all up to the end and this is my small part of leaving a record and not complaining of the heat (or rain!)
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