Preserving Marriage - Proposition 8

Hey, just this Wednesday (October 8) the church had a special broadcast about preserving the sanctity of marriage which was especially aimed towards California members and voters. Proposition 8 is an amendment to the California constitution that will define marriage and limit it to be between a man and a woman only. This will not take any from any of the civil union rights and benefits that homosexual citizens already enjoy, it would only secure the definition of traditional marriage.

Why is this important to anybody else not from California? The more that these ideas are accepted in law the more they demands be made that we agree. If homosexual marriage is given an equal position as traditional marriage then the law will demand changes. For example, Catholic based adoption agencies in Massachussets have opted to close since that state has legalized gay marriage. The state forced them to either let gay couples adopt children or shut down. Because of their Christian values they opted to shut down. Tolerance is a two way street and means as we can accept that others disagree we ask them to accept us as well. Christian groups should not be discriminated against because of their values. Follow the link below everybody to find out some more about this issue!