This is me

 It has been a while. The blog kind of went to the very back burner of my life. I think sometimes we have grand plans, but then life happens.
 This has been on my mind a lot lately. Probably for 2 or 3 years and so I want to address it.
 I want to start out by saying, I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Aka Mormon. The members of the church have gotten a lot of flack in recent years because of their stance on same sex marriage. This past weekend a number of General Conference talks referred to this topic. What I want to say is this:
 Yes I am a Mormon. No I don't agree with same sex marriage because I believe marriage is between a man and a woman with the purpose to conceive children. It takes a man and a woman to make a child. That child may be conceived the old fashioned way or with the help of a test tube, but it still takes a woman's egg and man's sperm to create a child.
 What does my belief mean when I am talking one on one with you? Absolutely NOTHING! We live in a wonderful country founded on religious freedom. This means that I get to believe what I believe even when it is different from what you believe. Isn't that beautiful! I think it is.
 It does not mean that I hate you because of how you are living your life.
 I believe that EVERYONE is a Child of our Heavenly Father. To me this means that I get to love you.
 Life is too short to hate anyone because they are not the same as me.
 Am I perfect? Nope. I have a lot to work on, and everyday I plan on it.