proposition 8

It has become common to blame the black community for the passage of California’s same-sex marriage ban. A look at the statistics and logic put the lie to this seductive and simplistic narrative.

While the LDS Church’s leadership role in the passage of Proposition 8 may have been a surprising new direction for observers here in the United States, the Church has been instrumental in the organization of a world-spanning alliance of right-wing Christians and Muslims.

RD News Round-Up—November 24, 2008: Religious Right’s ‘Obama Watch’; RaptureReady.com getting readier; Focus on the Family’s ‘I Stand for Christmas’ campaign; Proposition 8: The Aftermath; Huckabee’s revenge; Christian doctrine cures OCD?

Connecticut legalizes gay marriage; Religious voters favor Obama; Blame the Jews for Wall Street; Gay marriage ‘worse than radical Islam,’; McCain to Gays: Thanks, but no thanks.

What the science of homosexuality tells us—and what it doesn’t.

Last week on Larry King, “America’s Pastor” downplayed his opposition to gay marriage. That was not always the case.

Has Iowa adhered to its long history of justice or is preventing two men from marrying each other no different than prohibiting a man from marrying his house plant.

A peek into the status of the legal challenge to the ban on gay marriage in California, and an update on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”

After winning an Oscar for Milk Sean Penn called shame on Prop. 8 supporters and Dustin Lance Black spoke candidly of his Mormon upbringing.

If you live in California and are a Republican, attend church at least once a week, hold socially conservative views, and are 65-years-old or older, you most likely voted “Yes” on Proposition 8…