State of the Church

I spend a lot of time on the Internet, reading blogs, comments, news articles,(maybe too much). I noticed that the backlash against the churches and businesses that back Prop 8 is starting the send shivers up their collective spines. I say "Good". I wish the same as most people that read my blog do, that Prop 8 had passed, and we wouldn't have to be throwing our weight around. On the other hand, I think it did this country good that it didn't. It finally showed those who aren't our allies what is truly at stake in this country. They needed a wake up call, just as we did. The election was a polarizing event. It showed the country who was behind the curtain pulling the strings of government. It showed the ugly hidden agenda of those who wish to shape this country into a theocracy based on some one's religious beliefs. It let the country know that complacency has a price. To not be involved in your government can have dire consequence if let unchecked. The exposure of the Mormon church and the Catholic church in plotting a political course for the country that bases it founding principles on separation of church and state, individual freedoms and liberties was at risk from within, in the name of God. As an American, as a spiritual person, as a freedom loving individual, anyone sharing the same values, should be appalled and enraged by these revelations. Whether gay or straight, black or white, Hispanic or Asian or native American, male or female, or any other group that makes up this great country, we were all assaulted by the passing of Prop 8 and what it represents. United we stand, divided we fall. Now is the time to halt the march of theocracy driven mandates. It will take all of us working in concert, to ensure every citizen is recognized and protected as equals in this country. Anything less would be unAmerican.