Dear Gramps
I am an unwed, divorced woman and have now become pregnant. Last year I gave my newborn son up for adoption. This time my circumstances are different. The father will not agree to an adoption, and is adamant about an abortion. How will my child be accepted by the church if I’m forced to keep it?
Devastated, from Las Vegas, Nevada

Dear Devastated,
Your child is perfectly innocent, and will be accepted by the church the same as any other newborn. However, since you wrote in, let me state that your case is entirely another matter! Two kids by two different men, divorced from one and not married to the other!! You seem to belong to the Mormon Church, and I’m sure you know the extremely serious consequences of adultery. This guy who is the father of your latest child wants you to have an abortion. Therefore, we know where he is coming from! You must know that abortion is akin to murder. Please don’t add that horrible crime to your list of serious offenses against the Lord!! Since you are not married to this man, he has absolutely no say in what you do with your child. If you plan to marry him and therefore want to appease him, I’d be very, very careful about such a decision. I’m sure that you can deduce that I don’t think much of your morals, but I think even less of his. Are you sure that you want to marry a guy who is an enemy to God? What you need to do is to shape up your own life! Continuing as you are now, you will also end up being an enemy to God and will eternally suffer the consequences. Give this guy the bum’s rush and take care of your own  child. If you love this child like the other one, you will probably want to give it up for adoption as well, so that it may be reared in a normal two-parent home. But if you decide to keep the child, make absolutely sure that it is brought up in the church from its infancy. To teach it right from wrong, you must learn it yourself. So you must attend church from now on–constantly, not occasionally. You will undoubtedly be looked down on by some of the church members, who because of their self righteousness are in greater need of repentance than you are. You are required by the gospel to forgive them for any un-Christianlike attitudes that they may have if you would want to have the Lord forgive you of your own faults.

This is the moment of decision in your life! If you follow the right course, you will be able to inherit all the eternal blessings that God has in reserve for any of His children. But if you don’t make that choice in this crossroads of your life, it is doubtful that you will ever make it.
Gramps