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You've probably heard about the Mormon Church's involvement in California's 2008 same sex marriage ban. But I think you'll still be shocked watching the new documentary 8: The Mormon Proposition.
The film uses former church members and leaked documents to make a case for exactly how the Mormon Church evaded the law and orchestrated Prop. 8. The film notes that while just two percent of Californians are Mormon, 71 percent of the money behind Prop. 8 came from Mormons. What happened? This clip shows how church leaders told members how much to donate, based on their income records – and threatened them if they didn't give.
In the film, secret documents from a Mormon whistleblower show how the Mormon Church helped create a front group before Prop. 8 (the National Organization for Marriage) and stayed out of the spotlight in California. They show how the Church concealed its involvement in Prop. 8 so egregiously that last month it was still drawing fines for campaign finance violations.
Those documents also detail an anti-marriage campaign in Hawaii a decade earlier – a blueprint for Prop. 8. There, Church leaders funneled money to a coalition that masked their activities. They hid their faces, opened their wallets, and honed their strategy.
The film uses former church members and leaked documents to make a case for exactly how the Mormon Church evaded the law and orchestrated Prop. 8. The film notes that while just two percent of Californians are Mormon, 71 percent of the money behind Prop. 8 came from Mormons. What happened? This clip shows how church leaders told members how much to donate, based on their income records – and threatened them if they didn't give.
In the film, secret documents from a Mormon whistleblower show how the Mormon Church helped create a front group before Prop. 8 (the National Organization for Marriage) and stayed out of the spotlight in California. They show how the Church concealed its involvement in Prop. 8 so egregiously that last month it was still drawing fines for campaign finance violations.
Those documents also detail an anti-marriage campaign in Hawaii a decade earlier – a blueprint for Prop. 8. There, Church leaders funneled money to a coalition that masked their activities. They hid their faces, opened their wallets, and honed their strategy.
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