{"id":1080,"date":"2007-04-11T11:50:20","date_gmt":"2007-04-11T18:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2007\/04\/11\/opposed-if-any\/"},"modified":"2007-04-11T11:54:25","modified_gmt":"2007-04-11T18:54:25","slug":"opposed-if-any","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2007\/04\/11\/opposed-if-any\/","title":{"rendered":"“Opposed… if any?”"},"content":{"rendered":"

I hear those words, almost on a weekly basis.<\/p>\n

On a weekly basis, I get a few more drops of courage to actually raise my hand.<\/p>\n

?\u00c7\u00ac\u2020Why is it that we don’t oppose when it’s how we feel sometimes??\u00c7\u00ac\u2020 I must admit, I have never done it in a public meeting.?\u00c7\u00ac\u2020 The closest I ever got was a few weeks ago when I had a PPI \/ HT interview with the EQP.?\u00c7\u00ac\u2020 I told them point blank that I opposed a number of things they were doing in the quorum.?\u00c7\u00ac\u2020 I didn’t try to be a jerk about it, but I let them know how I felt and why.?\u00c7\u00ac\u2020 And, then to make it clear, I told them if they continued, I could not sustain them.?\u00c7\u00ac\u2020 I \/ They left it there.?\u00c7\u00ac\u2020 Nothing has changed.?\u00c7\u00ac\u2020 They now know where I stand.<\/p>\n

So, I’m thinking about our ward and stake conference that are comming up, where I’ll have another chance to oppose in public.?\u00c7\u00ac\u2020 Honestly, I don’t know that I have the guts to do it.?\u00c7\u00ac\u2020 I think I’d be more inclined to not raise my hand to sustain and afterwards, go to whoever and voice my opposition.?\u00c7\u00ac\u2020 I admit that is the easier way out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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