Protest the passage of Prop 8

[Carol]

Lee bravely wrote:
> Okay, I will not be popular I'm sure after this post, but I have to
speak in defense of churches who do not condone same-sex marriages. 
My own personal convictions do not lean toward them.  I have no
problem with civil union, but I must adhere to the Biblical standard
when it comes to the bonds of marriage.  I don't believe the
government has a right to dictate in this regard, but I do believe the
churches have the right to refuse to perform ceremonies and they do
have the right to proclaim their beliefs as vigorously and rigorously
as those in favor of same-sex marriage. Intimidation tactics are wrong
on either side as they serve no purpose but to offend.  Respect needs
to be shown even if both sides must agree to disagree. <snip>

Carol responds:

Thanks for having the courage to express an unpopular view. I don't
know anything about Proposition 8 in California, but Proposition 101
(I may have the number wrong) in Arizona defined marriage as the union
of one man and one woman. It didn't deny homosexual couples the right
to tax benefits or to civil unions or anything else; it just defined
marraiage in traditional terms. (Polygamy, a concern in parts of
Northern Arizona, also falls outside that definititon of marriage.)
People who voted for that proposition weren't thinking in terms of
oppression. They were thinking in terms of what they consider to be
the sanctity of marriage. Whether they're right or wrong, or whether
there is no right or wrong on this question, they have a right to
express their convictions and vote accordingly.

Carol, who dislikes any restriction on the free expression of opinion
in the name of political correctness and the labeling of opinions we
disagree with as bigotry or oppression