Our lives of service and sacrifice are the most appropriate expressions of our commitment to serve the Master and our fellowmen.

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

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.

All of us should banish hateful communications and practice civility for differences of opinion.

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.

Well-taught doctrines and principles have a more powerful influence on behavior than rules.

Citizens ... should be practitioners of civic virtue in their conduct toward government. They should be ever willing to fulfill the duties of citizenship. This includes compulsory duties like military service and the numerous voluntary actions they must take if they are to preserve the principle of limited government through citizen self-reliance.