Prop 8 – Did Mormons Go Too Far?, by Steven Greenstreet 
(Video: American News Project)

The Mormon Church claims to have spent only a few thousand dollars promoting California’s Prop 8, which eliminated marriage equality in the Golden State. If that figure doesn’t make your jaw drop after all you’ve read and heard since Election Day, check out what hinges on the government’s definition of the word “substantial” in the video above.

One voice is noticeably missing in this 7:19 minute video, and that’s Fred Karger of Californians Against Hate. Way back on 25 November 2008, I blogged about how Karger had successfully motivated California’s Fair Political Practices Commission to launch an investigation into the Utah-based Mormon Church’s unreported, non-monetary contributions to the Yes on Prop 8 campaign. 

Given the facts presented in the video, it makes even more sense to listen to Fred Karger when he suggests that the real force behind the attempt to conceal, if not destroy, the Prop 8 donor records is none other than the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, aka the Mormon Church, and not Protect Marriage nor the National Organization for Marriage, the groups that have filed the suit in a federal court to overturn the California Political Reform Act, which was approved by voters in 1974. 

Given the potentially huge financial penalties and possible loss of its tax-exempt status, who’s really got the most to lose?

Tip: One Good Move

Tags: California, Queer Rights, Religious Extremism, Video

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