It's voting day...

It's hard to believe that we are finally going to be able to vote. Yes, yes...I know many of you out there already voted. Trust me next year I will be requesting my early ballot.
However, I want to give a few words to what we are about to experience. I've had a hard time trying to decide what to do about voting for a President. I don't love either candidate, but after talking to a friend that I trust greatly I have decided on McCain...mostly because this friend did say we have a few Supreme Court Judges spots that are opening up and I almost find that just as important as the Presidential Election. More importantly I will be voting for something that means more to me than anything else, Prop 102 "Definition of Marriage between a Man and a Women".
I want my sister Jill to know how proud I am of her and all the work she has done in California on Prop 8. I am proud of my other siblings as well who have put time and effort into the proposition here in Arizona. I am sad when I hear others say that I am one of many people in the support of this proposition that is being discriminate. For those I say, "you are wrong, I am only fighting for my own rights not to be taken away from me". I have had and will continue to have many friends that are living a gay/lesbian life style. I love you, especially my friend Kim, I consider you one of my sisters. However, I can not stand by and watch so much of what I believe in be taken away because I am to passive to do anything about it. To often I think those of us that believe in God have sat back and been easy going and passive, and yet now we finally say we are going to stand and be heard and we are called names for this?
I believe the Bible to be the word of God and I also believe in the Book of Mormon, another testament of Jesus Christ. In both of these books it teaches and testifies of truthfulness, if I know something to be true than do I not have the right to stand for these truths? I will do all I can to protect something that is most precious of all, Family.
Last Sunday we had Stake Conference here in Arizona. We had excellent speakers speak to us about the times we live in. Elder Packer spoke and many of you probably received an email from "someone" who did not have the right to copy down what he spoke of in a meeting in Utah. I had several questions as to how authentic this email was. However, after listening to Elder Packer speak I realized he said many of the same things that went around in this email. It's hard not to be worried and fearful of what is ahead for us. He also gave us the peace of knowing that the only one we can rely on is our Heavenly Father. We are to have faith and live our life according to his teachings, we will be blessed by this. He did not say that these times would pass us by if we did it, he just said that we will find peace and comfort by living our lives in accordance with gospel teachings. It makes me realize that we have been a selfish people, and we have been lacking in so many areas.
Tomorrow I am voting, and I think this is the first time that I am voting with true passion for something I believe in and know to be true, Marriage is between a Man and a Woman.

We might not win this but at least I know that I did my part! That is truth!