okay, so i know that neither of us are the type to go too political on anyone, but this is something we feel strongly about, so we gotta say it...
Californians...VOTE YES ON PROP 8!!!
here's the thing. we love all people, and don't want to deny anyone their rights. but the people we want to protect most are our children. when it comes down to it, that is the most important thing we can do, right? no success can ever compensate for failure in the home...you know, heal the world, make it a better place...(did i just throw out MJ?) anyway, i don't know how many have heard this story, so i'm gonna post it here so none of our friends can claim that they didn't know. choose to take it for whatever you want.
so, there's this book out called King & King...long story short, it is a children's book about a prince who is supposed to marry and can't find a princess...yeah, he falls in love with another prince and they "live happily ever after." anyway, so apparently a teacher out in massachusetts (where homosexual marriage is legal) thought it would be a grand idea to read this story to her 2nd grade class...without pre-warning the parents or anything. parents found out and went nuts. the superintendent completely backed the teacher and said that the she had done nothing wrong. the judge dismissed the lawsuit, saying, "diversity is a hallmark of our nation."
apparently last year the same school started something else by giving kindergarten students a "diversity book bag." in that bag, a book called "who's in a family," which challenged the definition of a family in pictures and descriptions.
now don't get me wrong...we're all for diversity and people having choices, but when those choices compromise what we teach in our home and we're not even given the choice to protect our kids...and i'm talking as early as kindergarten...how is this a "protection" of rights?
there's story after story of the ramifications of legalized homosexual marriage including the pressure on churches to support adoption into gay couples. which is fine for churches who are okay with that, but when the state starts telling churches what they can and can't do...doesn't that violate some other rights?
okay, one more quick story...a few weeks ago we heard a story about a high school teacher down here who stood up in front of her class and said "i just received a memo from the district telling me that i'm no longer allowed to use the terms mother and father or husband and wife in my classroom. so neither are you." yeah. that's so not okay with me. apparently diversity means i'm in the wrong?
i just recently realized that not a lot of people even know that prop 8 is gonna be on the ballot in CA this november - or even what it is. even fewer see that the ramifications go WAY beyond allowing the union of two people who love eachother. so, do what you want with what you know, but we just wanted to make sure that you knew. :)
here are some refences...
2 comments:
Speaking on behalf of Bay Area Prop-8 supporters: well put. Marriage isn't and was never intended as a method for people to gain civil rights. It is a religious institution and should remain as such.
Prop 8 is simple. The entire text of Proposition 8 is as follows:
"Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid and recognized in California."
Vote Yes on 8.
Another great article on why we believe what we do:
http://www.newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/commentary/the-divine-institution-of-marriage
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