I find it interesting that the Mormon church would be the one sending tons and tons of money to California to help ban gay marriage. An initiative on the ballot in California--Prop 8--gave the people a chance to weigh in on the issue. Voters passed the resolution, meaning homosexuals cannot be married in California. (Keep in mind that gay marriage was legal in California prior to Prop 8.) But the brief history is this: Mormons moved across the country hundreds of years ago so they could practice their religion without persecution. They, in part, wanted men to be able to marry several women. It was non-traditional, and that rankled, mostly, the Catholic/Protestant/Christian churches. Today, polygamy is not widely accepted in the Mormon church. But at the time, Mormons, rightly so, didn't want people telling them whom they could and couldn't marry. Now, though, they're trying to tell gay people that they shouldn't be married because it's non-traditional. The irony in that statement is dripping. Mormons would be well served to view this issue in their own historical context and allow gay people to marry if they so choose. When there are so many other issues affecting this nation within and abroad, why people continually attempt to argue this gay marriage/adoption issue is beyond me. Let people live how they want to live.
(I singled out the Mormons because of their history of escaping intolerance so that they could live freely. But the real issue herein--let people live--could apply to any number of religious groups. For example, Catholics have no right to decry anyone's way of living after what happened with several of the church's priests and young boys.)
http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=189782&title=i-now-denounce-you-chucklarry
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