Do Mormons Deserve Equal Protection Under the Law?
Keane L. says: http://www.huffingtonp… I am more than troubled, however, by the tumult Proposition 8 — the proposed anti-gay marriage constitutional amendment here in California — has wrought. Those speaking in the name of their God and prophets, led principally by out-of-state Mormons and joined by evangelical Christians, have made the removal of my rights a holy war for the new century. (Orthodox Jews so far seem to be staying out of the fray, certainly not leading the effort with money or public protests.) The dichotomy of today’s political landscape leaves me breathless. On the one hand, we are on the verge of electing the first African American president in history as a part of a movement that begins to wash away nearly three decades and more of politics of hate and division. Democrats are poised for overwhelming majorities in both houses of the Congress and perhaps a landslide into the White House. Here in California, we are on the verge of picking up as many assix seats in o
