The virtue of tolerance has been distorted and elevated to a position of such prominence as to be thought equal to and even valued more than morality. It is one thing to be tolerant, even forgiving of individual conduct. It is quite another to collectively legislate and legalize to protect immoral conduct that can weaken, even destroy the family.
There is a dangerous trap when tolerance is exaggerated to protect the rights of those whose conduct endangers the family and injures the rights of the more part of the people. We are getting dangerously close to the condition described by the prophet Mosiah, who warned:
“Now it is not common that the voice of the people desireth anything
contrary to that which is right; but it is common for the lesser part of
the people to desire that which is not right; therefore this shall ye
observe and make it your law—to do your business by the
voice of the people.
And if the time comes that the voice of the people doth choose
iniquity, then is the time that the judgments of God will come
upon you; yea, then is the time he will visit you with great
destruction even as he has hitherto visited this land”
(Mosiah 29:26–27).
Tolerance can be a dangerous trap.
This address was given at the BYU Women’s Conference, May 5, 2006.
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