According to an article published today in the San Francisco Chronicle, Mormons were invited to lend support to Proposition 8 by Archbishop George Niederauer of San Francisco months before the election.
“The June letter from Niederauer drew in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and proved to be a critical move in building a multi-religious coalition - the backbone of the fundraising, organizing and voting support for the successful ballot measure. By bringing together Mormons and Catholics, Niederauer would align the two most powerful religious institutions in the Prop. 8 battle.
“Ironically, it made San Francisco, center of the nation’s gay community, a nexus in the fight against the recently gained gay right to marry.”
The article also details the dramatic shift in polling numbers on election day, likely attributed to a final push by churches on Sunday November 2 to vote Yes on Proposition 8.
Find out more about the Catholics involvement here in the SF Bay area.
November 10th, 2008 at 11:14 pm
I just denounced my Catholic faith a few days ago and after reading this article, I should not feel an ounce of guilt for what I did. Archbishop Niederauer and the Catholic Church needs to pay for this blatant attack on our civil rights. Some sources have reported that the Mormons and Catholics poured a ton of money during the last week prior to the elections to canvas leaflets, robocalls, and other decietful strategies to the black community and latino community.
Anyway isn’t the Catholic Church guilty of pedophilia? And now they and the Mor(m)ons just added another one… the sin of BIGOTRY, but I guess it’s not if GOD told you to do it.
November 25th, 2008 at 12:29 am
you denounced your catholic faith? if you are gay, the catholic church has already denounced you. pls, don’t talk about sins, (if you are a God fearing person) you would know that homosexuality is a sin. you had just as much of an obligation to your beliefs to take a stand for what you wanted as Christians did theirs. you cannot then turn around and criticize them. maybe you should be more upset at your fellow gays for not digging deeper into your pockets, if you think that is what made the difference. where is rosie o donell, portia, ellen dgeneres, all the other weird hollywood ppl supporting NO to prop 8?