I'm keeping it simple today, just sharing something I read that rang incredibly loud and true in my customarily cynic ears... If you'd like to read the entire piece I'm quoting, please read Instruments of the Lord's Peace by Robert S. Wood (http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2006/04/instruments-of-the-lords-peace?lang=eng).
"There is nothing in the world more deleterious or harmful to the human family than hatred, prejudice, suspicion, and the attitude that some people toward their fellows of unkindness...Whenever your politics cause you to speak unkindly of your brethren, know this, that you are upon dangerous ground...This is not a militant church to which we belong. This is a church that holds out peace to the world. It is not our duty to on into the world and find fault with others, neither to criticize men because they do not understand. But it is our privilege, in kindness and love, to go among them and divide with them the truth that the Lord has revealed in this latter day" (George Albert Smith, Mormon Prophet).
In other words, sure, stand up for what you believe, but don't be so concerned about your rights that you forget about your manners.
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