A Loving Letter from One Member of My Family to Another

This email from a relative is some sort of response to a question about the objectivity of a particular McCain/Obama comparison chart circulating on our family email list. Aside from the comic value, it is demonstrative of the diversity in my Castleton blood.

"If you had the contacts and resources I have, Obama's economic packages would be the least of your worries. But since I want to keep my sources I'll just share my 2 bits on one really public and easy one.

Barak Obama has made his position on abortion adamantly clear with his voting record of over 13 years. Specifically voting against, providing life support to late term abortion babies that survived the actual abortion. The current practice is to "neglect" these babies until they are Dead! That's murder Sis and that is what Obama voted to support! at least twice! and still stands for. I have spent 7 years among other things working with women who have had abortions, about 30 who I know of because they told me, about twice that many that I suspected because of what they said and how they acted. I have seen for myself the evil and emotional destruction that evil brings upon them. I have seen the effects of the mental health medicines month after month as they try to combat the emotional trauma. It's real Sis, the pain is terrible and they can't get rid of it, and those of us who have even a small gift for empathy find it nothing short of traumatic month after illegal and legal drug infested month. Don't you EVER pontificate around me your personal theoretical untested beliefs on abortion, or I will burn your ears off with the "this is what happens in this real world we living" truth and a first hand chance to see for yourself. There are only three types of people who support Abortion in any form. 1) People who have an imbecilic knowledge of actual abortion and would rather "do what every body says will feel good" rather than "study it out and get at the whole destructive truth" and are too pride full listen to the wisdom God shoved right in our faces through science and proper priesthood leadership. 2) People who actually enjoy murder, inflicting pain, power, and find this to be one of several legally safe and profitable way to do it. (sociopath) and 3) Stark raving lunatics. I've met an worked with all three types, at length.

I've recognized the stupidity, in some cases I've felt the pain, in others I've had glimpses of how they think, as they've explained why they did what they did. None of it was excuse-able interwoven in all of it was misery.

Bottom line Sister (and Dad), the prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ has clearly stated that Abortion of any kind other than a few very rare and specific situations, is wrong or more pointedly put, flatly Evil. The truth is there is one prophet, one gospel, and one inspired constitution to this country. In all of the issues that matter to Lord, there is one candidate for president this year who either equals or far exceeds the other in everyway. One prophet and about 7 million LDS votes to back him up, or was it that when you raised your hand to sustain Thomas S. Monson, you were just being polite. Thomas S. Monson IS the prophet of the Lord. He did vote for the president of the United States, and any member of this church willing to do 20 minutes research will know exactly who he and all eligible general authorities voted for. We have been INSTRUCTED to use our heads and FOLLOW HIS EXAMPLE. Either we will do as instructed or we won't. There is only one LAW in heaven and it amounts to one word, "Obedience". God wants Intelligent, Intentional, Loyal, Constant Obedience. And he wants it right now, and he wants it to "endure to the end". His end and his ends, not our end.

My personal belief is that this one question is what determines the difference between the civilian and the soldier. When the civilian waves at the leader he says "your mission is nice I hope you succeed." When the soldier salutes the leader he says "all that I am, all that I have, that our mission succeeds under your leadership". Yes Sis my perspective is different, This is MY country, this is MY Gospel and there isn't a snowballs chance on a hot July afternoon in Death Valley, I will give either up.

If you all ever again feel the need vitrify this (there are no words to describe this filthy vileness you so lightly play with) please do it in a venue that does not include me and my family."