Propostion 8

I have been hearing alot about how the homosexuals are mad that proposition 8 passed in California and they're surrounding the Los Angelos temple I think it is. And so I was talking to a couple of people about it and just how it's really frusterating that alot of other people in California voted for it who were not LDS. Basically saying that it wasn't only LDS people who voted for it, so I just think it's really annoying that it's turning out like this, but then I got this from a friend:

"SACRAMENTO, Calif., Nov 07, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The following statement was released today by Bishop William Weigand, head of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento and former Bishop of Salt Lake City, in response to attacks on the Mormon Church for supporting California's Proposition 8, defending the traditional definition of marriage:"Catholics stand in solidarity with our Mormon brothers and sisters in support of traditional marriage--the union of one man and one woman--that has been the major building block of Western Civilization for millennia."The ProtectMarriage coalition, which led the successful campaign to pass Proposition 8, was an historic alliance of people from every faith and ethnicity. LDS were included--but so were Catholics and Jews, Evangelicals and Orthodox, African-Americans and Latinos, Asians and Anglos."Bigoted attacks on Mormons for the part they played in our coalition are shameful and ignore the reality that Mormon voters were only a small part of the groundswell that supported Proposition 8."As the former bishop of the Diocese of Salt Lake City, I can attest to the fact that followers of the Mormon faith are a good and generous people with a long history of commitment to family and giving to community causes."I personally decry the bigotry recently exhibited towards the members of the Church of the Latter Day Saints--coming from the opponents of Proposition 8, who ironically, have called those of us supporting traditional marriage intolerant."I call upon the supporters of same-sex marriage to live by their own words--and to refrain from discrimination against religion and to exercise tolerance for those who differ from them. I call upon them to accept the will of the people of California in the passage of Proposition 8."SOURCE: Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento"

So kind of the point here is that it's not really religion that inspired the voting for of proposition 8, but it has alot to do with a society that supports traditional marriage in general. So I just thought that it was cool that this Roman Catholic Bishop sent out this letter, because it most definately was not only the LDS church that passed that propostion. We most definately live in some very interesting times that is for sure.