Comments on: We Are Not Alone http://www.article6blog.com/2008/11/08/we-are-not-alone/ "Religion, Politics, the Presidency: Commentary by a Mormon, an Evangelical, and an Orthodox Christian" Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: 3boyzmom http://www.article6blog.com/2008/11/08/we-are-not-alone/comment-page-1/#comment-12834 3boyzmom Sun, 09 Nov 2008 16:05:14 +0000 http://www.article6blog.com/2008/11/08/we-are-not-alone/#comment-12834 Thank you for this blog, and for your support of members of the LDS Church during the Prop 8 campaign. It has been a sad time for me, an LDS mom, as we pushed for the passage of Prop 8. Early on in the campaign I called a friend of mine who is a Christian, and asked her to talk to her Pastor about Prop 8, to see if they could put together a group to help with the neighborhood canvassing. I was told very specifically that they "don't get involved with Mormon causes." I tried to explain this wasn't a "Mormon" cause- it was a "family cause," but to no avail. I explained about the coalition, asked her to visit the website to see who was supporting the proposition, but still- nothing. I saddens me that she was not willing to get involved in a cause of truth- simply because "the Mormons" were involved. Additionally, my kids wanted to show their support for Prop 8. For a couple of days before the election, they went downtown in our little town to hold up signs at an intersection. My kids are 13, 12, and 8, and they met up with other kids and adults to do this. They were sworn at, told to "f" off, and someone even threw a full can of soda at my 12-year old's head! All of this in the name of "tolerance!" Fortunately, nobody was hurt, and my kids came through the experience with a renewed vigor to stand up for what's right no matter the consequences, or whether or not others support it. They now know what it means to "stand as a witness." Thank you again for this article. I appreciate knowing there are others who are willing to not only stand up for truth, but to stand up in support and protection for those who would fight for that truth, even if they differ in their doctrine. Thank you for this blog, and for your support of members of the LDS Church during the Prop 8 campaign. It has been a sad time for me, an LDS mom, as we pushed for the passage of Prop 8. Early on in the campaign I called a friend of mine who is a Christian, and asked her to talk to her Pastor about Prop 8, to see if they could put together a group to help with the neighborhood canvassing. I was told very specifically that they “don’t get involved with Mormon causes.” I tried to explain this wasn’t a “Mormon” cause- it was a “family cause,” but to no avail. I explained about the coalition, asked her to visit the website to see who was supporting the proposition, but still- nothing. I saddens me that she was not willing to get involved in a cause of truth- simply because “the Mormons” were involved.

Additionally, my kids wanted to show their support for Prop 8. For a couple of days before the election, they went downtown in our little town to hold up signs at an intersection. My kids are 13, 12, and 8, and they met up with other kids and adults to do this. They were sworn at, told to “f” off, and someone even threw a full can of soda at my 12-year old’s head! All of this in the name of “tolerance!” Fortunately, nobody was hurt, and my kids came through the experience with a renewed vigor to stand up for what’s right no matter the consequences, or whether or not others support it. They now know what it means to “stand as a witness.”

Thank you again for this article. I appreciate knowing there are others who are willing to not only stand up for truth, but to stand up in support and protection for those who would fight for that truth, even if they differ in their doctrine.

]]> By: CarlH http://www.article6blog.com/2008/11/08/we-are-not-alone/comment-page-1/#comment-12833 CarlH Sat, 08 Nov 2008 19:27:36 +0000 http://www.article6blog.com/2008/11/08/we-are-not-alone/#comment-12833 Bishop William Weigand, currently Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sacramento and formerly Bishop of Salt Lake City, <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Former-Catholic-Bishop-Salt-Lake/story.aspx?guid={BE149180-C54A-41B7-B3DC-14EAC89B5D6E}" rel="nofollow">issued a letter yesterday</a> decrying the attacks on Mormons and affirming the breadth of the coalition that helped pass Proposition 8. Bishop William Weigand, currently Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sacramento and formerly Bishop of Salt Lake City, issued a letter yesterday decrying the attacks on Mormons and affirming the breadth of the coalition that helped pass Proposition 8.

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