A slow stain of the world?

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A polygamous family made famous by the reality TV show "Sister Wives" plans to challenge the Utah bigamy law that makes their lifestyle illegal, a Washington-based attorney said Tuesday.


In an email to The Associated Press, attorney Jonathan Turley said he will file the lawsuit challenging Utah's bigamy law in Salt Lake City's U.S. District Court on Wednesday "We are not demanding the recognition of polygamous marriage. We are only challenging the right of the state to prosecute people for their private relations and demanding equal treatment with other citizens in living their lives according to their own beliefs," the statement reads.


According to the statement, the lawsuit seeks to protect a person's right to be left alone.


"In that sense, it is a challenge designed to benefit not just polygamists but all citizens who wish to live their lives according to their own values - even if those values run counter to those of the majority in the state," Turley wrote.
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I'm remembering a part of what President Hinckley said in that 1985 intro to the Family Proclamation.  this sentence really came to my mind today.

"With so much of sophistry that is passed off as truth, with so much of deception concerning standards and values, with so much of allurement and enticement to take on the slow stain of the world, we have felt to warn and forewarn."

The mind picture of being enticed, being fooled, being hoodwinked, into taking on "the slow stain of the world", is both powerful and sad to contemplate.

To be warned and forewarned!  Wow!  the scripture that pops into my mind is the 89th Section of the Doctrine & Covenants, warning and forewarning  "in consequence of evils and designs which do and will exist in the hearts of conspiring men in the last days".

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warn v. to inform (a person) about a present or future danger or about something that must be reckoned with, to advise about action in such circumstances

forewarn v. to warn beforehand

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Once again my thoughts are back to the Family Proclamation in light of this bigamist lawsuit.  The very first paragraph sums it up with the itty bitty word "a".

  We, the First Presidency and the Council of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, solemnly proclaim that marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God and that the family is central to the Creator’s plan for the eternal destiny of His children.

A lot of things to think about for sure.  A lot!!!    Hmmmmmm.