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Lately I have been reminded a lot about family history work. It has been something which hasn't interested me at all. One day I was talking about family history work with my grandmother, and she said something interesting: "Most people think they'll just wait to do research on their ancestors until they are old and have nothing better to do! But by they time they get old, they have not desire for it."

I liked what my grandma said because I can relate to it. Now, more than ever, I understand how important it is that we remember our ancestors.

-Keven

"The primary purpose of the temple is to “seal” or unite families together for eternity" . . . .

--Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles shares his feelings about LDS temples.

A: Our church maintains strict political neutrality, and never forces us to vote for or against any measure or candidate. The church occasionally makes official statements regarding specific moral issues, and invites individual members to weigh the issues and vote according to their own conclusions. The church officially participates in the campaign to defend traditional marriage, as seen at an official church website: preservingmarriage.org.

The church's support of Prop 8 is based on moral principles. Elder Dallin H. Oaks, one of the modern day Twelve Apostles, summarized these principles in a recent interview:

"God loves all of His children. He has provided a plan for His children to enjoy the choicest blessings that He has to offer in eternity. Those choicest blessings are associated with marriage between a man and a woman by appropriate priesthood authority to bring together a family unit for creation and happiness in this life and in the life to come.

"We urge persons with same-gender attractions to control those and to refrain from acting upon them, which is a sin, just as we urge persons with heterosexual attractions to refrain from acting upon them until they have the opportunity for a marriage recognized by God as well as by the law of the land. That is the way to happiness and eternal life. God has given us no commandment that He will not give us the strength and power to observe. That is the Plan of Salvation for His children, and it is our duty to proclaim that plan, to teach its truth, and to praise God for the mission of His Son Jesus Christ. It is Christ’s atonement that makes it possible for us to be forgiven of our sins and His resurrection that gives us the assurance of immortality and the life to come. It is that life to come that orients our views in mortality and reinforces our determination to live the laws of God so that we can qualify for His blessings in immortality." (links added)

For the entire interview, click here.

A: Mormons get married in temples to follow the pattern the Lord has set. (See here, here, and here). The Lord intends for marriages to be eternal. Marriages performed by His authority and in His temple have the potential to last for time and eternity, if husband and wife are true to the covenants they made in the temple.

Joseph Smith revealed truths about marriage that had been lost from the earth. Because of the restoration, we now have the proper authority (priesthood) and location (temples) for eternal marriage to take place.

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