chapter 95 : sharing the facts...

since i started watching tv again, occasionally i will watch the Nancy Grace Show. i used to really appreciate how she seemed to "fight for the victim" in the stories she reported about, but now i'm getting really FED UP with their stupid misreported facts about the FLDS polygamy saga and their religion's connection to Joseph Smith.
so tonight, after a 2nd false statement, i couldn't take it any longer. i am so PASSIONATE about things that are important to me and this is SO important to me. i would never want anyone to think that my religion is linked to something illegal and wrong like this. yes, in the past like 150 years they participated in polygamy as a commandment from our Heavenly Father, but the times were so different then. now though, we DON'T do that in our church and we do not condone abuse and isolation like the FLDS religion does. in fact our church doesn't support criticizing other religions at all, but we also don't believe in the illegal practices that they have in the FLDS church either.
so without further hestitation, i give you my "get the facts of stories right" email that i sent to the show...

"I have seen two separate shows of yours which link the FLDS church with Joseph Smith improperly. While I do not know the FLDS' exact correlation with Joseph, I do know that the things stated on your show about him are FALSE. As a devout member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, whose first prophet was Joseph Smith and whose teachings we still study today, we no longer support polygamy or those who practice it. For instance, on your show tonight, April 28th, you state Joseph Smith's birthday as being on April 6th and that is why the FLDS church members honor that day. Well, I must inform you of the truth. His birthday is actually Dec. 23, 1805 and as stated in a previous show about the color red, we, the true followers of Joseph Smith's teachings, do not have anything against the color red or any color for that matter.
As someone who tries to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ and also respect the life of a Prophet whom I know to be true, Joseph Smith, I ask that you please research your facts better before connecting my religion with one that certainly DOES NOT follow the true teachings of Christ and his True modern-day prophets on the earth now. If you would like a good book to get facts from, please read "Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith," that is published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2007.
I have grown up in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints my entire life and have never been taught anything like what the FLDS and Warren Jeffs teaches and in fact we abhor abuse, isolation and dishonesty.
Thank you for getting your facts straight in the future and may all of these children be shown that there is a better and safer life other than what they've been taught."

so i hope that they will do better research before nationally televising things about the first Prophet of my Church and falsely connecting the awful things that are going on in the FLDS church with the TRUE church.

yours truly.