Religious Freedom

I loved Robert D Hales talk "Preserving Agency, Preserving Religious Liberty". 
He said, "As we walk the path of spiritual liberty in these last days, we must understand that the faithful use of our agency depends upon our having religious freedom.  We already know that Satan does not want this freedom to be ours.  He attempted to destroy moral agency in heaven, and now on earth he is fiercely undermining, opposing, and spreading confusion about religious freedom--what it is and why it is essential to our spiritual life and our very salvation."
So many time, people try to intimidate Christian people, whether for our belief that homosexual behavior is wrong or our wearing of our temple garments.  I am grateful for the reminder that we must not give in to the temptation to not defend our religion.  As Robert D Hales says, "...our spiritual life and our very salvation" depends upon it.