Why It is Important to Know and to Act

In the October 2010 conference Boyd K. Packer said, "If we do not protect and foster the family, civilization and our liberties must needs perish." There are a lot of well funded anti-family groups that are trying to institute their agenda which is to  destroy marriage, undermine parental rights and religion, and subvert the judicial system. These same groups have also advocated profligate spending and enormous debt. While pro-family groups have had a lot of victories in a lot of states and it seems like the majority of Americans still support a moral society, the presidential election of 2008 introduced the most anti-family, pro-abortion, anti-marriage political movement in American history.  One of the most stunning anti-family advances from the current presidential administration is the announcement to no longer support the law signed in by President Clinton in 1996 that defines marriage between a man and a woman known as DOMA. In our system, the appropriate way to make changes to a law one does not agree with is to propose a bill that would repeal it. Instead our President is ignoring our constitution by simply choosing to ignore the law. When our elected officials are allowed by all checks and balances to simply ignore a law, we can be sure that better days are behind us. If we support virtue, our constitution, and a lawful, free society we must act. We must be alert of the bills that are in Congress. We must know what our local judges are doing and we must spread the word. The power to vote is the main power we have to "protect and foster the family" in our nation, states, and neighborhoods. Once we know what is going on we can send emails and make phone calls to our legislatures and we can vote out judges. We can also donate money to groups who are working to protect the family. It is important to know and it is time to act or like President Packer warns, "civilization and our liberties must needs perish."