Prop 8--Reaffirmation of my Decision

When I tell people I was at Disneyland during Gay Days at Anaheim, I get a variety of comments, most of which I abhor. I mean, yes, I know I live in Utah County, but honestly, I'm disappointed in the blatant prejudice, and these are people I generally like! When I get emails forwarded to me about supporting Prop 8, and pray for those poor Mormons who couldn't get to the temple because of protesters . . . that's what they get! If you want to force your beliefs on the lifestyles of others, you should expect some response. As soon as I heard the church leaders announced from the pulpit their support for prop 8, I felt further affirmation that I had made the right choice to leave. I took a genetics class at BYU, about 14 years ago, and that's when I knew that I would never judge a person for their sexuality. Who chooses to be XO, XXX, XXY, or all the other variations in between? And I don't buy that, "it's their test in this life." Life is about finding joy and making the universe better because of your sheer existence in it. Honestly, is prop 8 making the universe a better place? Is prop 8 allowing others to have joy in this life? Oh, no, they have to wait to have joy in the next life because they've been given this "condition/disease" to suffer through. What do I care if a gay couple gets married? How does that destroy my own family or my own traditions and values? It doesn't. It's about this, and it's always about this-- I'm right. And since I'm right, you're wrong. And since you're wrong, you don't deserve the rights I have. And if you don't have the rights I have, that verifies that I must have been right, so absolutely I'm right. I mean, yes, I understand that God made man and woman, and I know how all the parts fit, but I also understand that God made a lot more than man and woman, and if gender and gender roles is so critical to the Plan, then why would he make such an oopsy? He didn't give them a test; He gave us the test. And Prop 8 just shows that we're failing. We're failing to treat our fellow human beings with respect, dignity, equal rights, granting them the pursuit of happiness and God-given civil rights. What I value is loyalty, monogamy-- let them marry! I can think of a lot more heterosexuals who do not deserve the right to marry, because they do not value loyalty, fidelity, monogamy, true love-- hey, now there's a good prop for you!