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Monday, November 10, 2008

Church and State: The issue of Prop 8

While people on both sides of this issue have fanned the rhetoric, James Brosnahan, a senior partner at the Morrison & Foerster law firm in San Francisco, gives a very reasoned analysis for the layman why this issue is important from a First Amendment perspective:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/09/INUV13V3I2.DTL

I think everyone should read his article.

On another front, you want want to watch America Blog to see some of the backlash that is brewing against the Mormon Church, among others, over their support of Prop 8.

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