Choices..

I don't really want to offend anyone but... there a few things i must say but i have to give some background info first.
I have lived in Utah on and off for quite sometime now. When I was about 8 i remember going to school and making friends and the first question i would get asked is "what ward are you in?" Ah ward? what is that i recall asking? its church. oh i would say, i don't go to church. Well my parents don't let me play with kids who don't go to church. So of course i was heart broken over this. I went home an told my mom who of course would be royally pissed about someone hurting her daughters feelings. I grew up thinking that anyone LDS were well basically A-holes. Of course now I know that was judgemental and stereotypical of me but I have had several bad experiences. Let me clarify, I am not saying that is how i feel now, that was when i was young.
Now that I am older, some of the same things occur with my kids (well Izac actually, since he is in school) I think it is completely unfair of parents to make there kids so close minded. I get judged because I have tattoos, I get the dirtiest looks when I were anything that shows them, now i realize tattoos are not for everyone I mean Brad is not by any means a fan of them but he loves me regardless. Does this mean I am a bad person? Does this mean my kids don't have morals, and they are going to be drug addicts, and felons? I don't think so I go to church on Sunday's and so do my boys but I don't force my boys to go, if they want they can If they don't feel like it that's fine also. I just get sick of the stereotypical judgements on what kind of a person I am. OK so I'm not LDS but ALL my in-laws are an you know what they don't treat me any different. I have to brag for a minute I have the greatest in-laws ever!! I love all my sister-in-laws, I see them more than most people in my family (except my mom). Everyone in Brads immediate family is super. Anyhow my point is that I want my boys to be open minded an except people for who they are, not what church they attend. When Izac was playing soccer, i had set up a play date with a little boy on his team and he was SO excited! I get to this boys house and his mom answers the door and she takes one look at my tattoos and i could tell she was mortified. Needless to say she conveniently never answered the phone again for another play date. I had to explain to Izac (without making him think the same thoughts as i had as a child) what had exactly happened here, which was difficult to say the least. I know I am a good person an I know that my kids have morals, they know right from wrong, and they don't judge people on there appearances. I just wish everyone would do the same. I have done alot of things in my life that I'm not necessarily proud of, but i wouldn't change any of them. The mistakes i made yesterday made me the person i am today, for that i am proud!! I am a very open and bluntly honest person and i like it that way. People either like me or hate me, but most of the time you wont forget me!