Well, son, I’m a middle of the road kind-of-guy. Always have been. The Church didn’t really change my politics. It did, however, help give me kinder perspective on the way others view the world. The Golden Rule still applies, even if some people, whether in or out of the Church, forget to follow it. The places we’ve lived have given you a good understanding of cultural versus doctrinal influences, and that sometimes they get confused and intertwined in people’s thinking. Just remember that truth stands independent of the seeker of it. If he puts too much of his own perspective into “the truth”, it often ceases to be the actual “truth.” I agree that we should love the sinner, but be firm about condemning the sin. Choice is still everyone’s right in the process. God’s law doesn’t change. The law of the land is still the will of the majority in the legislative process. The wo comes when the majority choose evil in place of the good. I saw enough of the pilot to get that a guy with three times the family gets three times the stress, but it just isn’t worth all the rest that goes with it. He’s got problems I certainly wouldn’t want, and I don’t care to see where they go from here. I don’t think the Church will be harmed by it, just that many will stop asking the right questions because the issues become clouded in too much other crap (culture versus doctrine). I made an informed, rather than a knee-jerk choice, but I often wish that you and I both would just follow the brethren and avoid that which is questionable media to begin with. Love, Dad