OHHHHH This is going to be cool!!!!

Obama to Meet With Mormon Leader
By Michael A. Fletcher

President Obama is scheduled to hold an Oval Office meeting Monday with Thomas S. Monson, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Monson, who has headed the church since last year, will be joined at the afternoon meeting by Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.), himself a Mormon.

The LDS Church does NOT hate people who are gay. The fact is that some of these people who were kissing on church property is private property, not public which is trespassing. For example, people who advocate eating Pork and munching BBQ pork sandwiches on the grounds of a Jewish Tabernacle is considered trespassing, but they are free to voice their beliefs on any public property or places adjoining with the Tabernacle's property. Respect people and religious boundaries. Furthermore, the Church is not against gays working in the workplace, housing, restaurants because of their sexual orientation. We even teach bashing against gays is a sin. We acknowledge some members who are gay but if they live the worthy standards of the church, they can go forth or progress like any other member as long as anyone does not participate in homosexual behavior in word, thought and deed. I have good friends who smoke, and I don't, and don't reject them because they smoke. I have some gay friends and they know my beliefs but we don't make a great deal of it, just like a Democrat and Republican thing.

It seems you may not be aware there are very many minorities in the church, you're invited to visit a local congregation. Keep in mind large cities mostly have congregations who are minorities but you will surely still find a couple of minorities in some areas that may have larger homogeneous populations. I remember a great ward who had a wonderful bishop who was black and the only black member in a white congregation. We all loved him because he was a compassionate man and leadership, nothing about the color of his skin.

From the beginning of the restoration of our church our Prophets from Joseph Smith on down to the present time and we are not looking for a hand out. We want to help. No matter how tight things are in the world and in our church, the President of our Country can always count on our church to be involved in any humanitarian effort no matter where it is. We are always prepared to help.