My Position on the 2016 Presidential Election Conclusion

In Summary

I voted for Senator Mike Lee of Utah because I believe he is a very good man who is honest and understands the original intent of the Constitution and has pledged his statesmanship to restoring it.

I believe America is a promised land, and it is my home. I won’t give it away to anyone that doesn’t deserve it, and especially not to anyone who thinks they do deserve it.

I believe the Manifest Destiny of America is to become a beacon of hope to the world, a shining city set on a hill. I believe we will restore our Constitution and be an example to the world of how to successfully run a constitutional democratic republic based on the 28 principles of successful government.

I will not give in to situational ethics by voting against my conscience, which I happen to believe is in harmony with my God’s will. This is not about being “up on my high horse.” This is about me striving to be obedient in a way that justifies the powers of Heaven in intervening on our behalf. I’m being bold and strong in my position because my commitments and standards are being attacked primarily by those who I care about, and I’m putting my foot down. In fact, I intentionally made this post very long so that most people wouldn’t even want to read it. I am not interested in contentious debates with people who will not listen. I expect that only those who are mature and sincere will make it this far in reading this article.

I look forward to answering to my Father in Heaven for my position on this issue. I’m proud to say that I will not have to even mention the situation with the supreme court justices or how bad Hillary is or any of that trash when I explain why I vote the way I do. My voting pattern does not change based on the “situation” of any election. It is anchored to principles I have covenanted to sustain.

To anyone who believes that my decision to vote “third-party” is irresponsible and a waste of a vote, you need to understand the differences between your view and mine on our political situation. You think that I don’t realize how bad things are. The truth is, I actually think things are way worse than you do. You think that we could actually put someone in office who can turn this around, while I believe we are so far gone that nothing short of a miracle will save us. You believe that an individual would actually be able to resist the treasonous and murderous organizations and individuals in power, while I believe that only obedience to God’s strict commandments will justify the intervention we so desperately need. Don’t lecture me on how “bad” things are and expect me to change my perspective. Such discussion only solidifies my conviction. I believe the freedom of my religion and the lives of people I love are in jeopardy. I don’t take this lightly.

If any of you still are angry with me or disagree with my position after having read that novel, I hope we can at least agree to disagree and to maintain a level of respect for one another. In the dedicatory prayer for the Salt Lake City Temple, Wilford Woodruff petitioned:

O God, the Eternal Father, Thou knowest all things. Thou seest the course Thy people have been led to take in political matters. They have, in many instances, joined the two great national parties. Campaigns have been entered upon, elections have been held, and much party feeling has been engendered. Many things have been said and done which have wounded the feelings of the humble and the meek, and which have been a cause of offense. We beseech Thee, in Thine infinite mercy and goodness, to forgive Thy people wherein they have sinned in this direction. Show them, O Father, their faults and their errors, that they may see the same in the light of Thy Holy Spirit, and repent truly and sincerely, and cultivate that spirit of affection and love which Thou art desirous that all the children of men should entertain one for another, and which Thy Saints, above all others, should cherish. Enable Thy people hereafter to avoid bitterness and strife, and to refrain from words and acts in political discussions that shall create feeling and grieve Thy Holy Spirit.

(Wilford woodruff, Salt Lake City Temple Dedicatory Prayer, April 1893)

President Boyd K. Packer has said:

There are two kinds of faith. One of them functions ordinarily in the life of every soul. It is the kind of faith born by experience; it gives us certainty that a new day will dawn, that spring will come, that growth will take place. It is the kind of faith that relates us with confidence to that which is scheduled to happen. …

“There is another kind of faith, rare indeed. This is the kind of faith that causes things to happen. It is the kind of faith that is worthy and prepared and unyielding, and it calls forth things that otherwise would not be. It is the kind of faith that moves people. It is the kind of faith that sometimes moves things. … It comes by gradual growth. It is a marvelous, even a transcendent, power, a power as real and as invisible as electricity. Directed and channeled, it has great effect. …

(“What Is Faith?” in Faith [1983], 42–43)

I believe in the second kind of faith. I want to make something happen in America.