Stolen from merryjest (in part)

"I'm reminded in our history we didn't allow Mormons to vote. I'm reminded that we didn't allow people of color to marry outside their race. As we reflect on those examples, we can see those were shameful acts by the government and I have to ask the question - Do we not learn from our history?"


-Idaho Senator Edgar Malepeai, regarding the proposed amendment to the Idaho Constitution that would ban same-sex marriages and civil unions.

When a Mormon, who aren't the most open-minded of Religions as far as sexuality goes, is the sane voice against same-sex discrimination... you know that the Religious Right must have gone nuts, and taken the rest of the country with them.