Show Prop 8 brings out COL eOl Dominique Snow Staff writer Coloring Outside the Lines COL is a club at that celebrates Gay Lesbian Bisexual and students They allow anyone to join With the recent controversy that California's Proposition 8 has stirred light was shed on a minority community that simply asks to have the same rights as everyone else Proposition 8 was a constitutional amendment that recently passed in California The amendment bans gay marriage Both sides of the gay marriage issue vow to continue and COL finds itself now more out in the open in Utah With the states state's history I Iam Iam Iam am not surprised that so many are against gay marriage I am surprised that people with strong family bonds would take rights away from their own family members Jonathan Wilson a student employee and COL member said Wilson grew up in the church He has been with his partner for 4 years and wants to be given the same rights that straight couples are given We do not want special rights just equal he said Church members who spoke out against Proposition 8 amazed him Now Wilson Vilson wants people to show their support for forgay forgay forgay gay rights by attending pride events and supporting straight gay alliance groups such as COL COla Since the passage 8 supporters of the ban on gay marriage have kept busy According to com their group was disappointed to hear that the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has voted to join a lawsuit that was filed by the cities of Los Angeles San Francisco and Santa Clara The lawsuit challenges if Proposition 8 attempts to take takeaway takeaway takeaway away core rights outlined in California's constitution equal us Continued on AS rights for all According to The Salt Lake Tribune Californians Against Hate filed a complaint with California's Fair Political Practices Commission In the complaint the group alleged that the Church did not report all of the donations that aided in the campaign to pass Proposition 8 The Church denies this claim The Church advocates marriage between a man and a woman According to The Family A Proclamation to the World Gender is isan isan isan an essential characteristic of individual mortal and eternal identity and purpose Wilson feels that the California ad showing missionaries ripping up a marriage license offers an accurate portrayal of how many in the gay community feel toward the church Wilson does not understand how gay rights can be seen as special rights He thinks that people are afraid for the wrong Prop hit Continued from Al reasons He does not see his relationship as something perverse A person should not be afraid to show their feelings people should not be afraid to support their loved ones because of judgment and people should not be allowed to bully someone because of their own feelings in life At COL offers an alliance for straight gay lesbian bisexual and students of any age and religious ethnic background The club meets every Wednesday evening on the Taylorsville- Taylorsville Redwood campus Wilson said that the biggest misconception about gay lesbian and people is that their lives arc are an unnatural choice Believe me we didn't choose this being gay And I remember feelings of it from when I was a child I was not abused or mistreated so how I am is how God made me I am ama a naturally gay person Wilson said |