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This explains the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints  position about Religious Freedom and LGBT Rights -- very interesting!  I hope this is easy to read --   NEWS RELEASE  —  12 MARCH 2015 Explaining Religious Freedom  and LGBT Rights NEWS RELEASE  —  12 MARCH 2015 SALT LAKE CITY  —  The following simple explanation in non-legal terms is provided to help members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and others understand the background and the decisions relating to the passage of bills in the 2015 Utah legislative session that bear on important principles of religious liberty and LGBT rights. Background to same-sex marriage What has happened with non-discrimination legislation What the Utah legislation accomplishes What the legislation does not do Conclusion Answers to basic questions Background to same-sex marriage In the summer of 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States i...

This is a great article from Meridian Magazine, by Richard and Linda Eyre. 3 Types of Marriage that are Completely Conflict Free (And Why You Wouldn’t Want Any of Them) By Richard and Linda Eyre  · March 8, 2015 Authors’ note: When it comes to the area of Families, there is a war going on. Subtly orchestrated by the adversary, many powerful engines of change, from media and Internet to education, and from big government to big corporations, undermine the natural family in all sorts of ways. Sometimes intentionally and sometimes unwittingly, these culture creators build an atmosphere of amoral indifference and broaden the definition of “family” until anything goes and until commitment and responsibility disappear. Many still defend the natural family, fighting valiantly against gay marriage, abortion, cohabitation, no-fault divorce, pornography, and other threats to traditional and time tested values. But in addition to that defense, there is great need for...

A Singer on the Las Vegas Strip Joins the Church‏ By Mark Albright  · March 8, 2015 In September of 2001, I was working as a singer on yet another cruise ship.  I had spent most of my life in the entertainment business, singing and acting on various cruise ships around the world, performing in plays and musicals or at a variety of theme parks on different continents.  As one might do, I made many, many bad choices during this period of my life. One morning, after another night of bad choices, I found myself staring in the mirror, unhappy with the man I saw reflected in the mirror.  I had always had a belief in Jesus and God. I knew I wasn’t living my life in accordance with those beliefs.  I knew I had to change. I just didn’t know how. When that job ended in April of 2002,  I returned to my “Day Job” as a singing gondolier at the Venetian Hotel & Resort in Las Vegas.  I was helping to train a new group of gondoliers to ...

  Rescuer's heard "Help me!"  SPANISH FORK — Four Spanish Fork police officers all said they heard it. "We've gotten together and just talkin' about it, and all four of us can swear that we heard somebody inside the car saying, 'Help,'" officer Jared Warner recalled Sunday. But when they flipped the vehicle resting on its hood in the Spanish Fork River onto its side Saturday, they discovered there was no one inside able to speak. "The only people in there were the deceased mother and the child," said officer Bryan Dewitt. "We're not exactly sure where that voice came from," Warner told KSL. But because of the actions of those officers and several Spanish Fork firefighters, 18-month-old Lily was rescued. She remained at Primary Children's Hospital Sunday in critical condition but was reported to be stable. Police believe Lily was upside down, strapped in her car seat for up to 14 hours. Her moth...

Good thoughts for Sunday!  On Latter Day Devotion: November 11, 2014.  I saved this, and like it.  Be sure and read what happened in the Church on that day.  It is a classic story! Latter Day Light DAILY DEVOTION _________________________ Free to Choose November 11, 2014 SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY: Doctrine & Covenants 98:8 "I, the Lord God, make you free, therefore ye are free indeed; and the law also maketh you free. " QUOTE OF THE DAY:    Joseph F. Smith "It is only by obedience to the laws of God that men can rise above the petty weaknesses of mortality and exercise the breadth of affection, that charity and love, that should actuate the hearts and the motives of the children of men.   "The gospel as it has been restored is intended to make free indeed, free to choose the good and forsake the evil, free to exercise that boldness in their choice of that which is good, by which they are convin...