In at least one country where homosexual activists have won major concessions, we have even seen a church pastor threatened with prison for preaching from the pulpit that homosexual behavior is sinful. Given these trends, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints must take a stand on doctrine and principle. This is more than a social issue - ultimately it may be a test of our most basic religious freedoms to teach what we know our Father in Heaven wants us to teach.

Having descended beneath it all, He is perfectly positioned to lift us.

Given love and opportunity, every child and adult can recover. All who know this and have the capacity to help others should assist as they can.

To achieve our eternal destiny, we will desire and work for the qualities required to become an eternal being.

Service that is given with little or no thought of personal advantage is an ideal to pursue for a lifetime.

Materialism, which gives priority to material needs and objects, is obviously the opposite of spirituality

We should recognize the reality that just because something is good is not sufficient reason for doing it. The number of good things we can do far exceeds the time available to accomplish them.