This is an email I wrote to some family and friends regarding our experiences following the passage of proposition 8:

Hello friends and family,

I am writing to you all tonight to let you know what's going on as a result of our support of California Proposition 8 which passed resulting in a constitutional ammendment which affirms marriage as being between a man and a woman. We have been actively campaigning for Yes on 8. This is our right and in deed our responsibility to act when we feel it is necessary to ensure our way of life and our culture. It is not hateful to be active in the political process, yet it is being alleged. We have had problems on Facebook, a social network on the internet that many of you belong to. It has caused us a lot of distress and so we have both deactivated our accounts on that site. You may have received an email circulating about (my wife) being called a "bigot" among other things...well, you are getting their censored version. (My wife) has received several emails sent to her personal account and has had to read the most vile things said about her. This coming from the people preaching tolerance, the people charging that we are hateful. If any of you know (my wife), which you all do, you would know that she is not hateful. She does not look down on people because of their sexual orientation, she even thought she had friends who are gay. It turns out that if you oppose gay marriage you "hate" gay people and guess what, they probably "hate" you back. At least that has been our experience. We want you all to know that you will not find us on facebook and hopefully you will not get any hateful emails come your way. (My wife) will be changing her email account in the next day or so and she'll let people know what that is at a later time.

Many of you are LDS and others have quite a few LDS friends. (My wife) believes this all started because she deleted a facebook "friend" for his hateful rantings about the church and it's members. You all must know that with the passage of Proposition 8 we have cut the gay community in California to their core. We have campaigned on this issue without hate in our hearts. I know this because I have been there with you and seen your faces. We have spoken openly about this issue and we have not had a spirit of hate in the campaign. That does not matter to some. Hopefully we can all be wise in our actions when this issue comes up and know that this very vocal minority is angry with our church because of our involvement.

Some of you may have voted NO on prop 8. That is your right. We do not hold it against you. You may think that we are misguided or wrong, but hateful does not describe the campaign we were a part of. If you want to know what we believe about marriage and families this short proclamation is our very doctrine on the issue. We have love for all of God's children and so does the LDS church. You may not believe that, but I know it is true. That is my testimony. I hope this email finds each of you well.

(The Destroying Angel)