Today was an awesomely interesting day... In my Access Rec. Class instead of really having the lesson I am sure that our teacher had planned we all got off on a tangent about the Propostion 8 or whatever it is called about the Gay/Lesbian Marriage. Well I have my own opinion about this, but when I was in class, I didn't want to state my opinion, just because I don't like confrontation. I have how I feel about it and other members have their strong opinions about it. I know that the church as a whole pretty much says that they are neutral about the whole gay/lesbian marriage and they don't want to put it out there so strongly how against gay marriage the church is. This is how I feel about it. And to each their own opinion. If someone is in love then I am not going to judge them for whoever they are in love with. I know people that are gay and that are lesbians. I love them for who they are. And another way I look at it, my teacher had a discussion today about how he felt that Something that Jesus would do is that he would love the person, but that he would hate the sin. How I feel about this. I feel that Jesus would love us no matter what our sins are. I can't say that I am perfect in anyway, shape, or form. I have done stuff that I regret, and I don't think that Jesus loves me any less. I don't think that Jesus would hate those that are gay/lesbian. He would accept them and that is my standing. I take the stance of that scripture, Judge not that ye be not judged. Something that I don't really want though is for the gay/lesbian learning to be in our schools so that our young children should learn about it. But it's sad because our children nowadays know so much about Sex, that it's truly sad. I don't remember how old I was when I found out about it. but it wasn't too young. But little one's find out about it so much more nowadays. That is truly sad.
Anyway, there is my personal note on that. And how I feel about it. We didn't even have class today really we basically had our discussion. I didn't say how i felt in there because it was already getting pretty tense in there. I almost walked out cuz they were almost fighting. But I am glad for those that did talk and stated how they felt, because i learned a lot from those that shared their opinions.
Another note from tonight. I went to the Haunted Mill this evening, with Marcy, Kade My fake husband that I totally had three kids with LOL, but i had to give up for adoption, Kylie, her little friend, and my friend Jalene. It was a blast. Then I wasn't ready to go home. So Kade & I went to The Dr. Slaughters house of terror or something in idaho falls. That was actually the coolest place ever. There was a long standing joke from this evening I had to tell about.
I supposedly married Kade like 7 years ago. When ever we came up on a scary masked person Kylie would say Kelly there is husband no. 24 or 25 and the numbers were going up. We couldn't remember what no. we were on. So then when Kade and I got to Dr. Slaughters, I would start counting on the ugly masked people again. This one dude when we were in line was right up in my face and when i turned I was like O my gosh wow you scared me there. And then I said hey do you want to be husband no. 27. And then when i would see people I started going up in numbers. Then This huge dude in a wall scared us and I said you want to be husband no. 30 and he said what happened to no.27? LOL. I was rolling on the floor, i said Oh I killed him. Then a little while Later I was in another room and a person came out and scared us and I couldn't see them cuz it was pitch black and I said hey you want to be husband no. 31? and he said No I am No. 27. I was like no way this guy is following me. ha ha ha and I was holding onto Kade through the whole thing. It was awesome anyone in Idaho. Go to Dr. Slaughter's awesome. Then they put us on this trolley to take back to our cars. And this reaper costume was walking past us and I said Hey you want to be husband no. 32? And he said No I am no. 27. Ahhh. He was there again. Kade and I were laughing so hard and everyone on the trolley was just staring at us. it was so great. And so funny. Good times good times.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Posted by KELLS at 11:52 PM
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hey kelly, thanks for the comment on my post. I will see if I have enough time to do that Tag. Sounds like you are having lots of fun up in Idaho. In response to your comments about Gay marriage, here is a link of what the church says about it. It really states clearly how the church stands: http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/commentary/the-divine-institution-of-marriage
copy and paste that into your browser. All I know is that I wouldn't have my kids without my husband, and I wouldn't be able to live with them all forever if I wasn't sealed to them for the eternities in the temple.
Tell your family hello!!!!
A lot of what people are complaining about when they complain about "children learning about homosexuality in school" isn't that kids are learning about gay sex (because most schools in the US teach "reproduction" not sex itself, and, at best, teach kids how to use condoms), but that they are learning that there ARE functioning gay relationships and functioning families with gay parents.
Recently a religious group released a video complaining that some books in elementary schools talked about families with two male parents or two men falling in love. These aren't stories about sex and the school isn't teaching kids about gay sex. They're teaching them about diversity, which is necessary to stay up-to-date. Children of gay parents are going to be attending school--should we cut them off from the other children by showing their families as "other", "unacceptable", or just not true families? If we did that, we would only encourage bullying. And maybe, hopefully if we teach children that relationships are different for different people, we might have a more loving and kind generation ahead of us. Maybe there will never again have to be another Matthew Shephard.
For this reason I have considered home-schooling my kids. I feel this is a different issue than simply tolerence. I don't want my kids going to school being taught certain things are okay when I am teaching them they aren't. You can love someone with out loving and supporting the choices they make. My family is an example of this. There are things going on that are completely unacceptable... I still love those family members and always will. I don't want them or my kids thinking that I support those choices. I don't want my kids being taught contrary to the foundation of MY religion. That infringes on my rights. I believe marriage is sacred and only sanctioned by God when between a man and a woman. I have the right to teach my children and they can accept that or not. I don't want the mixed messages of hearing one thing from church and family, and another from school. I plan to raise them LDS. If they choose later on in life to leave the church I will know I did everything in my power to raise them in the faith I know to be true. I also have an issue with the toll this will take on the church. My church which is against homosexuality etc. will be forced to do things contrary to what it stands for. Bishops will be forced to perform marriages... the list goes on. I feel this interferes with my rights just as much as those on the other side of the isle do. I know this is purely my oppinion but it is what it is.
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