Latter-day Liberty: A Gospel Approach to Government and Politics
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The following is a talk I gave in another ward this morning: The Importance of Home in Worship Nearly two decades ago, Elder Maxwell wrote of the importance of being instructed in the temple on spiritual matters. Pointing out the need for frequent temple attendance in order to receive necessary spiritual instruction, he said: The [...]
photo credit: AntiochOG I recently came across the story of Clay Kitchins from Houston, Texas. Kitchins, a Ron Paul supporter, has recently blanketed his car with bumper stickers advertising his favorite presidential candidate. In a video segment, Kitchins mentions how he has improved his driving etiquette now that he’s a marked (albeit unofficial) representative of [...]
photo credit: tom westbrook There has been a good amount of debate amongst Ron Paul supporters regarding what would happen if Paul loses in the primaries and decides not to run as a third party candidate. Would the “revolution” continue? Would another leader rise to pick up the torch in a subsequent election? Would the [...]
photo credit: Sister72 The events of 9/11 have drastically altered the political scene in the years since. Perhaps never since the Reichstag fire has an event been cited so frequently by government leaders defending their desire for increased power, budgets, and wars. It has been said, then, that 9/11 changed everything. The world changed on [...]
photo credit: madwum Yesterday was a great day for liberty. Supporters of presidential candidate Ron Paul rallied together to donate $6 million. This was done without any direction from or support of the campaign itself. The donation record set last month—$4.3 million donated online in one day—was shattered. Also surpassed was the previous record held [...]
photo credit: uglysheep Is there such a thing as acceptable bigotry? Do we as a society condone, practice, or turn a blind eye toward certain types of bigotry, while condemning others? On an episode of the ever-contentious McLaughin Group earlier this week, Lawrence O’Donnell lambasted Mormonism, vociferously listing alleged reasons why the faith itself is [...]
Cross-posted at LewRockwell.com photo credit: ronpaul2008 Dear America, There are many characteristics that bind us as a people, but in recent years I have seen one rise dramatically in prevalence: apathy. Faced by numerous problems of vast import on local, state, and national levels, we prefer to give in and give up. Rather than fighting [...]
photo credit: Nathan Moody …their hearts were turned from the Lord their God, and they did stone the prophets and did cast them out from among them. (3 Nephi 7:14) In our day of civility and propriety, we read with horror and amazement the stories in scripture recounting the stoning of prophets by those who [...]
photo credit: rodrick.reidsma Part of preparation entails speculating about future events. One efficient way of preparing for what’s to come is by creating a list of “what if” scenarios. For example: What if there was an 8.0 earthquake in your city? What if the power went out for a week? What if your city’s water [...]
photo credit: kangamini Beginning next month, SB 777 (PDF) will become law in California. Written by a lesbian Senator and signed by Arnold Schwarzenegger, this bill mandates (among many other things) that a teacher or school not sponsor an activity nor teach something that discriminates against one’s perceived gender status. A large problem with anti-discrimination [...]
photo credit: shadphotos One of the hot topics in today’s presidential campaigns is health care. Our nation faces many problems, some more immediate than others, and health care is one such problem attracting the attention of voters. However, the prominence given to this issue compared to others of significant import (the “war on terror”, our [...]
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