Saturday, April 06, 2013 1:31:12 PM
Catholics, Mormons allied to pass Prop. 8
Bishop George H. Niederauer
November 10, 2008
Months before the first ads would run on Proposition 8, San Francisco Catholic Archbishop George Niederauer [ http://www.sfgate.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22George+Niederauer%22 ] reached out to a group he knew well, Mormons.
Niederauer had made critical inroads into improving Catholic-Mormon relations while he was Bishop of Salt Lake City for 11 years. And now he asked them for help on Prop. 8, the ballot measure that sought to ban same-sex marriages in California.
The June letter from Niederauer drew in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [ http://www.sfgate.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Church+of+Jesus+Christ+of+Latter%22 ] and proved to be a critical move in building a multi-religious coalition - the backbone of the fundraising, organizing and voting support for the successful ballot measure. By bringing together Mormons and Catholics, Niederauer would align the two most powerful religious institutions in the Prop. 8 battle.
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http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Catholics-Mormons-allied-to-pass-Prop-8-3185965.php [with comments]
Bishop George H. Niederauer
November 10, 2008
Months before the first ads would run on Proposition 8, San Francisco Catholic Archbishop George Niederauer [ http://www.sfgate.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22George+Niederauer%22 ] reached out to a group he knew well, Mormons.
Niederauer had made critical inroads into improving Catholic-Mormon relations while he was Bishop of Salt Lake City for 11 years. And now he asked them for help on Prop. 8, the ballot measure that sought to ban same-sex marriages in California.
The June letter from Niederauer drew in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [ http://www.sfgate.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Church+of+Jesus+Christ+of+Latter%22 ] and proved to be a critical move in building a multi-religious coalition - the backbone of the fundraising, organizing and voting support for the successful ballot measure. By bringing together Mormons and Catholics, Niederauer would align the two most powerful religious institutions in the Prop. 8 battle.
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http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Catholics-Mormons-allied-to-pass-Prop-8-3185965.php [with comments]
Greensburg, KS - 5/4/07
"Eternal vigilance is the price of Liberty."
from John Philpot Curran, Speech
upon the Right of Election, 1790
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