Following my recent post about Proposition 8, the proposed California state constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage, is an official announcement that California Catholics have joined the effort to defend “the world’s most child-friendly institution.”
Most Rev. Allen H. Vigneron
Bishop of Oakland
Episcopal Advisor,
Catholics for the Common Good
“This conviction about marriage, while confirmed by faith, can be known from reason. Therefore, our efforts to enshrine this wisdom about marriage in the laws of our community are not an imposition of an ideology but a service of the truth which we make for the common good. This wisdom about the nature of marriage is not a form of discrimination, but undergirds our freedom to live according to God’s plan for us.”
Other “Yes on 8″ Catholic co-sponsors:
Knights of Columbus, California
The world’s largest Catholic Family Fraternal Service Organization
California Catholic Conference
Official Voice of the Catholic Community in California’s Public Policy Arena
Considering that ProtectMarriage.com has decided NOT to appeal the ballot language, what chance do you really see for Prop 8 to pass? I just don’t see a majority of Californians voting YES on a proposition titled ELIMINATES RIGHT OF SAME-SEX COUPLES TO MARRY.
Once the churches realize that Prop 8 is an almost guaranteed loser, are they going to do the right thing and let their members know?
If not, what happens after Prop 8 loses by 40-60 (or worse), and then the members find out that the church leadership was privy all along to internal polling that predicted a crushing defeat? Do the members get their money back?
Or do they get stuck paying for ads that were run by a campaign that knew it was going to lose but ran them anyway!
…internal polling that predicted a crushing defeat…
I wasn’t aware of this. They do seem to be in a bit of a panic, now that you mention it.
Maybe because I’m in OC my impression is that many “Yes on 8″ types don’t care about the money; they see it as more of a God-summoned call to arms, blah, blah, blah…
I’d love to watch the aftermath of a crushing defeat though :)