1st amendment and freedom of speech was the main infraction that brought out the controversy. The federal government was essentially telling people what they HAD to present. In typical Federal Government fashion the statute was given a deceptively soft - a warm and fuzzy title. "If everybody played fair this world would be a better place." The only way to be fair is to allow each person the same freedoms, not the same restrictions.
This video is a good presentation of how Ezra Taft Benson responded to this issue and how our current president deals with the issue. Thankfully the wording was recently removed from the FCC statute, but there are those in power today that would like to see it reinstated and strengthened. For those interested in free speech I encourage watching this, its short.
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Not impressed with your attempt to make the right seem like freeedom lovers and the left restriction lovers. President Benson was a prophet of God, but that doesn't mean he had it right with every political issue. You and I have freedom to be members of the same church, and also have the freedom to be very different in our political views. You want Mormons who voted for President Obama to not be found worthy of entering the temple, while I want all Mormon temple worthiness to be tied in with how close to the Savior we are in applying the atonement.
ReplyDeleteFor fear that I am opening I can I will keep this as short as possible. I never mentioned the right or the left in this article, nor did I make an accusation of my own words. I believe you are more referring to the content of the video. For that reason I think you need to make your appeals to the maker of the video. Not me.
ReplyDeleteAs far as the whole Barack Obama temple recommend thing, I believe I know the post you are referring to (over a year ago-way to harbor a false grudge). Since you obviously can't read, I am not sure how much more I can say other than, I didn't write that. I never took the position that people who voted for Barack Obama would not be temple worthy. You are making that up in your head. I mearly asked the question in a title if such would be true or congruent with gospel teachings. Once that question was raised I showed in point by point fashion that such was not the case.
However, I still believe that anyone who agree's with Barack Obama on abortions, or at least if they share a similar support for such a deplorable and disgusting practice, that such a position stands in opposition to the covenants made in the temples. Should you chose to read hatred into my writing that is your call. I can't control how your mind works.
Back to the post at hand. I spoke in this post about a principle of free speech and the governments attacks on our first amendment rights. Some on the "right" side of the isle are guilty of assault on the first amendment. In this particular video, is shown those on the "left" that are assaulting it. I am not sticking up for party, but rather principle.
I believe that both sides claim to want freedom for the people, I just believe that the left seeks to accomplish that through regulation, the right seeks to foster freedom with fewer regulations. That is a fact, not an opinion.
You need to take responsibility for what you say and imply. Yes, you did intend for the left to look bad over the right. You used the video to make that point crystal clear. It is a sin on your part to try to back out of this by childishly hiding behind a disclaimer of words. Again, you were taken off Blogergate at Mormons because of what you said in regards to left-minde Mormons not being moral. Own it!
ReplyDeleteYour attempts to stand in place of God and define my words as sin are laughable and in many ways insulting. I take full responsibility for what my words say as they are written. What they imply has a great deal to do with the readers own interpretation and therefore I will only take credit so far as I intend. In this particular blog post I really and truly had no left right agenda, just to defend a principle I believe to be important and valuable to a civilized society. The right to free speech is what also gives you the right to make baseless and completely immature comments as you have done repeatedly. I don't care for what you say, but I will defend your right to say it.
ReplyDeleteAnother point that I will own is that this blog was taken off of the Mormon Blogs aggregate and possibly others for some of my commentary. I love that I was taken off of those sites, I wear it as a badge of honor. Mainly because those sites represent mormonism the same way Carrot Top represents humor -- they don't. I did not say that being left minded was immoral, I said that supporting abortion and homosexuality is immoral. If you are unable to see that I can hate the sin and not the sinner, then perhaps you are the one that needs to examine your anger.
Following that all so infamous post you keep rehashing, I posted this article with a full rebuttal. It should help to clear up what I own and the implications and conclusions of the readers that I don't own.
http://thespiritofthelaw.blogspot.com/2009/12/dear-mormonblogs-directory-site.html
I see no need to rehash or re-explain myself to someone who is obviously incapable of understanding plain english. I own my words. I own that in many ways I don't agree with liberal ideologies. I will also say that in the case of me getting kicked off those aggregate sites I love and own every bit of that. When I am not found to be in association with sites that debase doctrines of the faith they claim to associate, that demoralize otherwise faithful members of the church, and that stand openly in opposition to the teachings of modern day prophets and apostles, I will wear that badge proudly.
However, to re-iterrate, you are way off on this particular post. I meant no partisan agenda. I was simply defending the first amendment and the right to free speech and did so with the support of an apostle and prophet of the Lords words. Don't ever call me to repentance again.
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ReplyDeleteI just read this post and watched the clip and I dont see how James was bashing any Mormons. What is being discussed is a ridiculous piece of legislation we actually had that was a blatant violation of the 1st Amendment, which is why it was removed by the judiciary.
Why is something so anathema to a core principle of our Constitution, especially one as cherished by Americans as the right of people to free speech, something that you would get angry that a Prophet defended and that a blogger would later cite so that we dont forget that there are forces in the nation today that would reinstate it?
I saw James call out no politcal party, but a political strain of thought. That is completely legit in my book. I am not sure why you are bent over this CTR, unless you LIKE the "fairness doctrine" which is totally uinfair and makes govt. stooges the arbiters of acceptable speech. If that is the case (and I hope I am wrong), then you may want to ask yourself why you support something that not only did a Prophet call out as politically shameful, but has been found totally unconstitutional, which document the Lord endorses in our Holy Writ.
My $.02