The legal battle over the constitutionality of California’s proposition 8 measure, designed to deny homosexuals the right to marriage, is on its way to a Supreme Court showdown. But you might not be aware that prop 8 was spearheaded and heavily financed — in the millions — by the Mormon Church.
The documentary 8: The Mormon Proposition is now out on DVD and is a must-see for all who wish to inform and educate themselves about this issue.
Film Synopsis:
Director Reed Cowan initially planned on making a documentary about gay teen homelessness and suicide in Utah but soon realized that the homophobia that prompts otherwise loving parents to kick teenagers out of their homes is deep-seated in current Mormon ideology. Cowan, with his fellow filmmakers, experienced first-hand what it was like to grow up gay in Utah in the Mormon faith, then turned their attention to the historic campaign by the Mormon Church to pass Proposition 8 in California believing that it was the cornerstone of an ideology that has worked for decades to damage gay people. The film is their emotional outcry to what they found.
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