Scripture of the month

And moreover, I say unto you, that salvation doth not come by the law alone; and were it not for the atonement, which, God himself shall make for the sins and iniquities of his people, that they must unavoidably perish, notwithstanding the law of Moses.

Mosiah 13:28

Thought of the Month

"Think of it! when his body was taken from the cross and hastily placed in a borrowed tomb, he, the sinless son of God, had already taken upon him not only the sins and temptations of every human soul who will repent, but all of our sickness and grief and pain of every kind. He suffered these afflictions as we suffer them, according to the flesh. He suffered them all. He did this to perfect his mercy and his ability to lift us above every earthly trial."

Howard W. Hunter
"He is Risen," Ensign, May 1988

Saturday, January 21, 2017

The Womens March

Today millions of women across the nation and the world attended a march for "women's rights". I put that in quotation marks for a purpose, which I will explain.
Women's rights is what they said,  it's what the organizers said; but I'm starting to wonder if they truly understand what that means.
They didn't march for the women in the Middle East, the ones who are abused, raped, married at a young age to men 2-3 times older then them. The one in Pakistan who was beheaded because she went to the market without a male escort. The ones who are doused with gasoline and burned for committing some "sin" against their family according to sharia law. The ones in Saudia Arabia who still cannot drive and it's 2017! But as long as Trump didn't talk about grabbing their p!@@#, that's ok.
They didn't march against Hollywood hypocrisy,  mostly because Hollywood was there. They didn't march against the sexualization of women in movies and music. The abuse against women that's sung and rapped about...check out some of Jay Z's lyrics. About movies that show women being abused and demeaned, i.e Harley Quinn and Jokers abusive relationship on Suicide Squad and lets not mention 50 Shades of Grey, but as long as it wasn't Trump talking about grabbing p!@#$ that's ok.
They didn't march for the countless women who are involved in sex trafficking, but as long as it wasn't Trump talking about grabbing p!@#$ that's ok.
Starting to get why I put "women's march" in quotation marks?
They marched because Pres. Trump has threatened to cut funding from planned parenthood. Because they want to be able to have sex without the consequence of having a baby. They want to be able to kill an innocent child that didn't ask to be conceived. They want to fund an organization whose founder, Margaret Sanger, was a proponent of eugenics and who believed that birth control would lead to a cleaner race.
Maybe the women who marched were not aware of this, maybe they were a just didn't care. But from many people's perspectives this wasn't about women's rights in the least bit.

Posted by Melanie at 9:54 PM

1 comment:

Give me Liberty, or Give me Death said...

Nicely put! Thanks for putting into words the feelings in my heart!

January 24, 2017 at 7:55 PM

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