07/06/2026
When we seek to keep all the commandments in our personal lives, we are sometimes accused of having no love for those who donât. When we show personal love and support loving causes, we are sometimes misunderstood as implying support for results that contradict our other religious duties.
But as followers of Christ, we should seek to live peaceably and lovingly with other children of God who do not share our values and do not have the covenant obligations we have assumed.
In a democratic government we should seek fairness for all. In countless circumstances, strangersâ suspicions or even hostility gradually gives way to friendship when personal contacts produce mutual respect.
Alive in Christ | By President Dallin H. Oaks | President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints