Today is the Day.

I am so happy that this day has finally arrived. This election season has felt really long and very angry. I am happy that things will be decided once and for all. Or at least until next time. I know no matter what the vote tally says at the end of this day the war still rages. This is the same war that was started in Heaven between those that choose good and those that choose evil.
Prop 8 is only one of the many battles we are fighting to protect that which is true and moral. No I don't hate gay and lesbian people. But I do not believe their behavior is right.

This has been a good experience on the whole. Yes it has made our family, in particular, very busy. My husband has received over 800 emails from people throughout our community during the last two months, in his efforts as coordinator for our zip code. We have fielded numberless phone calls and attended and even hosted many events. It is so wonderful to see how many people, of different faiths, have united under this common cause.

No it has not always been easy or fun and we have wanted to quit and let someone else do the fighting. It isn't fun being called rude names and feeling intimidated by people with other viewpoints. I am surprised at how ugly the fighting has gotten. We are lucky, in our neck of the woods we haven't heard of any one getting hurt. We did have things thrown at some of the walkers that were more than just words, and the police did have to intervene on one occasion. I can't even tell you how many lawn signs were stolen and then replaced.

This has been a hard fought battle and I do really hope and pray that the voters of California choose to pass this amendment. But which ever way the numbers go, I will know our family has done the best we could in this fight. Our sacrifice is acceptable. The experience has only made us stronger. Us not being just our family or our church but all those in the state that wish to promote and protect those things which are virtuous, lovely and of good report. The war isn't over but this battle is, for now. And I, for one, am glad.

8 has Huge Support!

Today we went and were part of a rally and walk for supporters of Prop 8. This was a group of mostly Christian Asian Americans, but there was also a large number of Hispanic people there too. They were from all over the bay area and gathered to walk and let people know that they supported traditional marriage.This was a different group then the Protect Marriage.com organization of which we have been supporting. This group's website is 1man1woman.net. It was so amazing to see so many people all in one gathering. What was really amazing was to see how long the line of people walking the sidewalks of the busy street. They estimated that there were about 5,000 people at this rally.

Our kids had a good time walking along with the group. And many of the people around us loved that we brought our children along.

Sophie and Ian are getting very good a waving signs. We also were part of a small wave walk in our city, on Saturday. They love it when people honk. Henry's little voice yelling out "yes on 8" is just too cute! It is so wonderful to see such support and gives me a lot of hope that our cause will win this.