Violence at Church

Ok, so I punched Matt Ivory during family home evening tonight, and I shouldn't have. My mom always taught me that violence is not the answer, and indeed, she's right. That being said, let me explain what happened. The TV ward was playing human foosball. I was sitting out because Jessica was wearing my shoes, and let's face it: I'm rather athletically challenged. Anyway, before the game started, there was about ten minutes in which teams were getting settled. Matt was sitting on the stage next to me, and was dressed to play, so I said, "You can go on that row with Jacob and Nick." His curt reply was, "I'm not holding hands with a guy." I just stared because, really, what am I supposed to say to that? A few minutes later, Whitney came up, asked Matt if he wanted to play and pointed to the same row, getting the same response. She then offered, "You don't have to hold hands, you can hold forearms." Matt's reply was, "I'm not touching another guy." At this point, something inside me was getting extremely irritated. I know the Church's stance on homosexuality, but we are playing a game here. It's not like being gay is a contagious disease that you get while playing human foosball...with a bunch of straight guys. Plus, we belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, not the Westboro Baptists. Attitudes like this are the reason the media criticizes the religious right. It's bigoted and I can't stand it! Anyway, eventually Matt got to join the game because a girl joined that row. A few minutes in, the soccer ball being used flew into my lap on the stage, which was out of bounds. I was about to throw the ball back into the middle when Matt comes up and starts wrestling the ball from my hands, manhandling me in the process. He finally managed to rudely get the ball when I snapped, cocked my right arm back, and punched him in the back on his shoulder blade. No, it wasn't ladylike at all, but he certainly wasn't acting like a gentleman. The other girls in the room supported me, with some expressing that they felt like doing the same thing. All in all, it was an eventful FHE, and I think Matt got the idea that I was ticked off, but I would have probably been better off talking to him in private about his cantankerous, bigoted, misogynistic, chauvinist behavior. Just sayin'.