Rights
Monday September 17th 2007, 12:08 am ~ Filed under: Uncategorized

Being given free agency means that we have rights. We have a right to make our own choices. Under the laws of our country, we have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We have the right to do various things with our lives. But there are situations where we do not have the right to exercise our free agency in certain ways.
As a woman, I do not have the right to dress in such a manner as to “inspire” impure thoughts in men. I have the right to clothe my body as I choose, but as a Latter-day Saint, especially one who has been to the temple, I, and other endowed women are held to a higher standard of dress.