Tonight was Monday night, which means it was family night. It was a little shorter than normal because my Dad is on a business trip in Florida (bad timing for that one, eh?) and one of my sister's is in Provo. It also might have been a little shorter than normal because Jenna, my littlest sister, was in charge. She gave a wonderful lesson on baptism (incredibly cute, she got close to the end and then said "oh, I forgot to do this part, um, baptism is the first step, 'draw front part of train'"). And we played two rousing games of Uno Attack, where I'm pretty sure she could've won but just because she wanted to keep playing she pushed the button anyway.I missed my own family family nights, and I'm about to miss them again.
But Jenna didn't have the whole show to herself. My mom also read a little bit from the LDS newsroom. Proposition 8 will be up for a vote this November in California. It's a law we already passed in 2000, was overturned by the California Supreme Court for being "unconstitutional", so now its up for vote to add it to the constitution. It's shortest piece of recent legislation I've ever heard of, only adding 14 words to the constitution: "Only marriage between a man and a women is valid and recognized in California". Period. No rights are being taken away, nobody is being hated on or discriminated against. Just protecting the family as it has always existed, whether you believe in a creation or evolution.
Obviously, as with anything political, a good number of people couldn't care less. Especially because this may not be happening in their own state. Just remember, when California sneezes, the rest of the nation catches a cold.
Protecting families for family night. Fitting.
