Rights

So apparently the Mormon Church donated $25 million to get Prop 8 passed.

This has royally pissed off every liberal in history and they want to get the Mormon Church classified as a cult to revoke its tax exempt status.

This really makes me sad. Sure there should be a separation of church and state. It's one of the foundations that our country was built on, and it's a good thing not to have a State Religion, because freedom of religion is a precious thing. But this really has nothing to do with establishing a state religion. And they're not trying to PUSH their religion, they're trying to preserve it. Even though, as I've stated earlier, I believe that homosexuals should be able to live their lives as they please, so do the Mormons. Should the rights of one group, a minority, be more important than the rights of the majority? No. And neither should the minority feel threatened by the majority. You can try and liken this to the fight for equal rights for minority races and for women, but it just isn't the same. It is similar in some regards, yes, but it is not equivalent. The right to marry is on no level the same as the right to life, or the right to vote, or the right to schooling, or the right to live without fear of death. It is a ridiculous fight that before 15 years ago would have been as impossible to imagine. Which brings up another thought. Why are we always so quick to throw away the practices and standards that have been held for the 40,000 years or so of human history.

The tragic thing is that they are practicing the same animosity, hate, bigotry, and small mindedness against the Mormons (and most of Christianity or any conservative minded group) that was practiced against them for countless years. Which is why they have lost my respect. They are just as small as their enemies, and how can I support their cause when they haven't shown that they can make the world any better for anyone else except for the 3% of the population that is effected by this?

And why are we wasting our time, effort, worry, and money on something so petty when the Nation cries for much more serious matters?