Monday, February 23, 2009

Why not something new?

So Maureen and I decided to check out a little of the oscars last night as we enjoyed some pretty good movies during the year. At some point there was an oscar given for the screen play adaption or something along those lines. The winner was announced and during his acceptance speech, by the way the movie was 'Milk', didn't see, don't think we'll ever see nor do we have a desire to ever see it, anyway this guy then proceeds to say these words...I am so thankful that I my parents moved from a conservative "Mormon" home in San Antonio to San Francisco where I could live my life and meet and fall in love with my 'partner'. At that point, I decided that the whole entire evening was pretty much wasted! It would be refreshingly and absolutely righteous if somebody in the entertainment world would stand up and say these words..." I am so thankful that I grew up in a loving family that taught me about honoring the commandments of God and that moral purity was true happiness. I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and am not ashamed of the way I was taught!" I believe it would be so refreshingly new that there would be many people who would say, "Wow, did that person just make a stand for right?!!" I am pretty fed up with agenda which is being pushed, rammed and slammed down our throats in the name of tolerance. I can feel genuine concern and Christlike love but that doesn't mean that I have to embrace and until I see some kind of doctrinal announcement from the First Presidency my position will never change. There I've said it!!!