don't forget to vote!

Since tomorrow is "THE DAY", important on so many different issues; I thought I'd write up my little politico manifesto. I hope it makes some sense.

I love America. I love where I live and the freedoms that I enjoy. I love the history of our country and have a deep love for all of those inspired men who sacrificed so much for what we have today. The Founding Fathers were inspired by God. This is the Promised Land and we are so blessed to be living here. I'm proud to be an American. I believe in hard work. Our Founding Fathers did not intend for our country to be Socialistic.

I love life. I'm as Pro-Life as the the earth is round. I don't believe in the term Pro-Choice. The choice was made; and now you're having a baby. Own up to your actions. You decided. It's a selfish thing to make the "choice" for your unborn baby. Elder Russell M. Nelson says it so much better here.
He said, "Elective abortion has been legalized in many countries on the premise that a woman is free to choose what she does with her own body. To an extent this is true for each of us, male or female. We are free to think. We are free to plan. And we are free to do. But once an action has been taken, we are never free from its consequences.

To understand this concept more clearly, we can learn from the astronaut. Anytime during selection or preparation, he or she is free to withdraw from the program. But once the spacecraft has lifted off, the astronaut is bound to the consequences of the previous choice to make the journey.
So it is with people who choose to embark on a journey that leads to parenthood. They have freedom of choice—to begin or not to begin that course. When conception does occur, that choice has already been made.
Yes, a woman is free to choose what she will do with her body. Whether her choice leads to an astronaut’s mission or to a baby, her choice to begin the journey binds her to the consequences of that choice. She cannot “unchoose.”
When the controversies about abortion are debated, “individual right of choice” is invoked as though it were the one supreme virtue. That could only be true if but one person were involved. The rights of any one individual do not allow the rights of another individual to be abused. In or out of marriage, abortion is not solely an individual matter. Terminating the life of a developing baby involves two individuals with separate bodies, brains, and hearts. A woman’s choice for her own body does not include the right to deprive her baby of life—and a lifetime of choices that her child would make."

I love families. I therefore believe in the sanctity of marriage to help protect the family. Marriage is to be only between a man and a woman. If you need further clarification see here.

My dad sent this in an email today...but it was said by Elder Neal A. Maxwell at a BYU Devotional on October 10, 1978. 30 years ago.
He said, Make no mistake about it, brothers and sisters, in the months and years ahead, events are likely to require each member to decide whether or not he will follow the First Presidency. Members will find it more difficult to halt longer between two opinions. President Marion G. Romney said, many years ago, that he had 'never hesitated to follow the counsel of the Authorities of the Church even though it crossed my social, professional or political life.'
This is hard doctrine, but it is particularly vital doctrine in a society which is becoming more wicked. In short, brothers and sisters, not being ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ includes not being ashamed of the prophets of Jesus Christ....Your discipleship may see the time when such religious convictions are discounted....This new irreligious imperialism seeks to disallow certain opinions simply because those opinions grow out of religious convictions.
Resistance to abortion will be seen as primitive. Concern over the institution of the family will be viewed as untrendy and unenlightened....Before the ultimate victory of the forces of righteousness, some skirmishes will be lost.
Even in these, however, let us leave a record so that the choices are clear, letting others do as they will in the face of prophetic counsel. There will also be times, happily, when a minor defeat seems probable, but others will step forward, having been rallied to rightness by what we do.
We will know the joy, on occasion, of having awakened a slumbering majority of the decent people of all races and creeds which was, till then, unconscious of itself. Jesus said that when the fig trees put forth their leaves, 'summer is nigh.' Thus warned that summer is upon us, let us not then complain of the heat."

I wanted to give them each a fighting chance. I want to make the right choice. I want to go into the booth tomorrow knowing that I'm making an educated vote. I've watched the debates, discussed with family and friends, and read news articles that have scrutinized the opposing policies. But every time I think about Obama as President, it makes me sick. I don't agree with McCain on everything but because of what I believe above, it was easy to decide which of the two candidates will be receiving my vote tomorrow.