Religion

There seems to be this thought that everyone has, you can't have religion and support equality. I will admit it often seems like that's the case, but I can promise you not everyone shares that belief. For example, our family is religious and we obviously support equality. This started well before Callie, I'm not actually sure how or when it started, but we have supported equality for a long time now. Everyone asks us how we balance the two, I'm not sure what that means, yes I'm aware that the Bible states that marriage is between a man and a woman, but it also says we should stone people to death for having sex before marriage. If that's the case let me go make my will. I feel like sometimes people read The Bible and pick and choose which parts they're going to practice, mainly because there are several quotes in The Bible about not judging other my personal favorite is“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye."-Matthew 7:1-15   
I'm honestly not sure if it can get any clearer than that, God is the one who will judge on judgement day that's not for me to do. As for Callie and supporting her decision God sent me this little girl for a reason, I honestly think that it was to teach others that it's ok to be different, that you should embrace yourself, and that you should never be afraid of what other people think because you are being the person God intended you to be. God doesn't make mistakes, He made her in his image and likeness it just so happens He wanted this to be a teaching lesson for us all. I hope that we can teach this lesson to everyone one day.