Dear Bob,
It was so wonderful to read your comment, and to learn of what you and several other Latter-day Saint families have done to rally around the Parker's and the Wirthlin's. In a talk given by President Kimball to Regional Representatives many years ago, he urged us to act as citizens to support righteous causes. You have indeed done so at a cost to yourself for which I am very grateful; I apologize for the offense that my musing may have caused.
As I reflect on why I had the sense that Mormons hadn't been quite as engaged, it is for the following reason. With the exception of Elizabeth Harmer-Dionne's e-mailing to all those on the Legacy Law Foundation mailing list which mistakenly I did not mention in my prior post (thank you to Tonia Parker for the reminder - the Foundation does good work!), I wouldn't have know about the Parker/Wirthlin case had Elizabeth Harmer-Dionne not informally introduced me to the Wirthlin's.
In other words, even though I live not more than twenty miles from Lexington, people in my ward and stake seem to know little or nothing about their case. Certainly we haven't galvanized ourselves in any formal or en masse way. Myself included, let it be said. This also seemed to be true with marriage amendment as well.
Perhaps I am out of the loop. Entirely possible.
And in so doing I (we as a community) have missed hearing and knowing about some unique and wonderful contributions such as yours, and for that I apologize.
The question -- are we reaching across the aisle remains an important one.
I feel I could do better; I hope other Mormons do too.
With warmest regards,
Whitney Johnson
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