Jeffrey’s posterous

Watching our new President-elect's acceptance speech yesterday was a surprising thrill. I found myself caught with some emotion and I felt proud to be an American as our country symbolically steps away from racism.

Proposition 8 also passed. This was an enormous relief for me.  An answer to prayer and a wonderful win to protect the family and hold off a collision course between gay rights and religious freedom.
 
But my emotions were bittersweet. Obama's rhetoric is downright socialist and scary and the gay rights activists have already filed suit against Prop 8. I was listening to Glenn Beck just during the election. A young man called in and asked, "What do I do now?" Glenn gave some great advice: "Get a copy of and study the constitution. Learn everything about it. Read the Federlist Papers. Learn what Founders really taught."

If you are a Mormon then you might have already heard Elder Packer's talk last month on the Constitution called "The Test". Here he talks about a celebration the Saints held in honor of the US (a country that had just chased them from their homes):

"Three things about that 1849 commemoration were both symbolic and prophetic: first, that the young men carried the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence; next, that each young woman carried the Bible and the Book of Mormon; and finally, that the old men—the Silver Greys—were honored in the parade.

"After the program they had a feast at makeshift tables. Several hundred gold-rush travelers and 60 Indians were invited to join them.

"Then they went back to work."

Lets celebrate the peaceful elections this country just afforded us. Let's honor this historical moment in our history as we prepare for our first black President. Let the rising generation grasp to the Constitution and Declaration of Indepenence in hand with our holy writ, and let us turn to our wise "silver greys" for council. Now I got to get back to work. (: