My politcal background renewed my thinking...
So, for those of you who didn't know up until Nov. 4th I was going to vote yes on Proposition 8. Now, while I stood in the voting booth I reflected at my 3 years as a political science major and debated with myself and the many years I was raised as a catholic, taught what is good by God and what not but my vote flipped when I remembered what Dr. Peters told me my first year as a political science major, to never forget the fundamentals of all democratic nations and the bare bones a government can give to their citizens is life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Remembering that, I voted no. Who am I to stand in the way of someones happiness?
But it was a long journey, I've had a lot of heated debates, even one leading my fiance to call me a bigot which still hurts so much. Yes, I thought, I had to protect the "definition" of marriage. But it isn't about that, look at all the heterosexual couples who take their marriage vows as a joke and file for divorce. Why let people like that marry when there are genuine people who love each other who would be very happy to marry each other.
But now my friends, attacking churches may it be LDS or the catholic church isn't the answer. It is never the answer because we are battling beliefs and I know how that feels. Beliefs are en grained in people's hearts, it is their own personal choice because the leaders of the church isn't casting all those votes, people are. We need to unite together to win over those people and their votes not accuse them, not blame them or harm them. We must practice civil disobedience in order to command the respect homosexual couples so rightly deserve.
I have faith that in time, maybe not tomorrow, maybe not in 2009 but soon. We shall overcome and stand strong.
But it was a long journey, I've had a lot of heated debates, even one leading my fiance to call me a bigot which still hurts so much. Yes, I thought, I had to protect the "definition" of marriage. But it isn't about that, look at all the heterosexual couples who take their marriage vows as a joke and file for divorce. Why let people like that marry when there are genuine people who love each other who would be very happy to marry each other.
But now my friends, attacking churches may it be LDS or the catholic church isn't the answer. It is never the answer because we are battling beliefs and I know how that feels. Beliefs are en grained in people's hearts, it is their own personal choice because the leaders of the church isn't casting all those votes, people are. We need to unite together to win over those people and their votes not accuse them, not blame them or harm them. We must practice civil disobedience in order to command the respect homosexual couples so rightly deserve.
I have faith that in time, maybe not tomorrow, maybe not in 2009 but soon. We shall overcome and stand strong.