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What?s Wrong About ?8: The Mormon Proposition?

By ADF Alliance Alert

James Turner writes at the Wall Street Journal: ""8: The Mormon Proposition" chronicles the role the church played in enshrining a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage in California by supporting the 2008 passage of Proposition 8. As a spotlight on the suffering of same-sex couples and individuals who are rejected by family and church leaders, the film succeeds . . . Indeed, the fact that small minorities?gay and Mormon?can influence public policy through their activism reflects the basic health of our democracy. Thousands of people, many of whom had not previously been politically active, wrote checks, called neighbors and protested at rallies. While such observations are no consolation to California gay couples aspiring to legally marry, Proposition 8 did much to further the most vital political value of all, civic engagement."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on July 09, 2010 (boomark / email).