Elder Oaks

I went to see Elder Oaks speak at Utah Valley a few weeks ago with my brother. I was surprised at the things we choose to speak about. His main point was that freedom of religion and freedom of speech are supposed to be free. And religious people let their beliefs affect what they say and what they choose to do. But when people start putting restrictions on what religion and what they want to hear that is essentially putting restrictions on the freedom of speech. Many people either want things 100% their way or not their way at all. For instance, they either want things to be 100% religious, or not religious at all. They don’t want anything in between and they certainly don’t want to compromise. His point was that compromise is important and it is what we need to start doing. It shouldn’t be anything or nothing, it should be some of both. I believe him and have always believed that compromise is the best way to go about things. Everyone gets part of what they want, and everyone is happy. We just need to get to a point where we are okay with some give and take with people who don’t necessarily share our same viewpoints.