Folks, we do not have much time left before: ".....the disintegration of the family will bring upon individuals, communities, and nations the calamities foretold by ancient and modern prophets.".
I no longer pray in faith for this nation...... I pray that it's demise will come quickly so that we can get to the new paradigm sooner.
On the day thousands gathered for Seattle's Gay Pride Parade, the marriage equality flag was flying atop the Space Needle for the first time, and the Seattle Mariners became the first major professional team to fly the pride flag.On Sunday morning Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn and other officials took part in raising the flag atop the Space Needle.
In its 39 years, Seattle’s Gay Pride Parade has always had a festive atmosphere. Sunday’s event, participants said, was one supplemented by victory in light of recent rulings from the U.S. Supreme Court.
“The other day, we were both on the verge of tears all day long,” said Tim Clements, who attended the parade with his husband Aaron Levin.
Clements and Levin married years ago in Canada, but it wasn’t until April when they could legally wed in Washington. Both agreed the last twelve months have seen sweeping change for same-sex marriage rights.
“Celebrate for a while,” Clements said. “Take a breath. This is a celebratory Pride Parade this year, not an accusatory one.”
Many participants commented on the changes for gay rights and in the parade as well. Large companies now have floats in the event. Rather than being focused on defiance, some said, the parade is now one of victory.
“The younger ones coming up,” said marcher Arlene Havlark, “Someday they’ll say, what’s the big deal? They won’t even know.”
On Sunday Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy denied a last-ditch request from the sponsors of California's now-overturned gay marriage ban to halt the issuance of same-sex marriage licenses in the nation's most populous state.
Kennedy turned away the appeal with no additional comment as the 43rd annual pride parade was getting underway in San Francisco, where dozens of couples have gotten married since Friday and where the clerk's office remained open to issue more licenses on Sunday.
Same-sex marriage opponents asked Kennedy to step in on Saturday, a day after the federal appeals court in San Francisco allowed same-sex marriages to go forward by lifting a hold it had imposed on such unions while a lawsuit challenging the state's voter-approved ban on gay marriage made its way to and through the high court.
The Supreme Court cleared the way for the marriages to resume for the first time in 4 1/2 years when it ruled Wednesday that Proposition 8's backers lacked standing to defend the 2008 law once California's governor and attorney general refused to do so.
On my blog ldsprophetquotes.blogspot.com I just put up a quote on Elder Holland in General Conference that I hadn't really paid attention to before I read it detailed. It really is a warning to all the world. The quote is as follows (emphasis mine)
ReplyDeleteThese are moments when we quite literally unite our will with God’s will, our spirit with His spirit, where communion through the veil becomes very real. At such moments we not only acknowledge His divinity but we quite literally take something of that divinity to ourselves. One aspect of that divinity given to virtually all men and women is the use of His power to create a human body, that wonder of all wonders, a genetically and spiritually unique being never before seen in the history of the world and never to be duplicated again in all the ages of eternity. A child, your child—with eyes and ears and fingers and toes and a future of unspeakable grandeur.
Probably only a parent who has held that newborn infant in his or her arms understands the wonder of which I speak. Suffice it to say that of all the titles God has chosen for Himself, Father is the one He favors most, andcreation is His watchword—especially human creation, creation in His image. You and I have been given something of that godliness, but under the most serious and sacred of restrictions. The only control placed on us is self-control—self-control born of respect for the divine sacramental power this gift represents.
My beloved friends, especially my young friends, can you see why personal purity is such a serious matter? Can you understand why the First Presidency and Council of the Twelve Apostles would issue a proclamation declaring that “the means by which mortal life is created [is] divinely appointed” and that “the sacred powers of procreation are to be employed only between man and woman, lawfully wedded as husband and wife”? DON'T BE DECEIVED AND DON'T BE DESTROYED. UNLESS SUCH POWERS ARE CONTROLLED AND COMMANDMENTS KEPT, YOUR FUTURE MAY BE BURNED: YOUR WORLD COULD GO UP IN FLAMES. Penalty may not come on the precise day of transgression, but it comes surely and certainly enough. And unless there is true repentance and obedience to a merciful God, then someday, somewhere, the morally cavalier and unclean will pray like the rich man who wished Lazarus to “dip … his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame."
Considering the SCOTUS decision of last week connected with the alleged vision of George Albert Smith America's days are now numbered :(
Excellent quote. In the same vein, I have been reading an older book, "Prophecy - Key to the Future" by Duane Crowther. In it, he discusses Joseph Smith's warning to the government during the Saints persecution in Missouri. Quoting from the book:
Delete"He also spoke of 'the end of this nation, if she continues to disregard the cries and petitions of her virtuous citizens, as she has done and is now doing.'"
Overturning Prop. 8 certainly qualifies.