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Prop. 8 Scorecard
Abstract: Episcopal Bishops of California announce opposition to same-sex marriage ban.
Proposition 8 is the California ballot initiative that would ban same-sex marriages in California. It's ballot title is "Eliminates Right of Same-sex Couples to Marry." (Earlier this year the California Supreme Court ruled that previous prohibitions on same-sex marriages violated the state constitution.)
On September 10, the Episcopal Bishops of California issued a statement opposing Prop. 8:
We do not believe that marriage of heterosexuals is threatened by same-sex marriage. Rather, the Christian valuesof monogamy, commitment, love, mutual respect and witness of monogamy are enhanced for all by providing this right to gay and straight alike. Society is strengthened when two people who love each other choose to enter into marriage, engaged in a lifetime of disciplined relationship building that serves as a witness to the importance of love and commitment.
Signing of the statement were:
The Rt. Rev. Marc Handley Andrus, Bishop of California
The Rt. Rev. Steven Charleston, Assisting Bishop, Diocese of California
The Rt. Rev. Barry L. Beisner, Bishop of Northern California
The Rt. Rev. J. Jon Bruno, Bishop of Los Angeles
The Rt. Rev. Chester L. Talton, Bishop Suffragan of Los Angeles
The Rt. Rev. Sergio Carranza, Bishop Assistant of Los Angeles
The Rt. Rev. Mary Gray-Reeves, Bishop of El Camino Real
The Rt. Rev. Jerry A. Lamb, Provisional Bishop of San Joaquin
The Rt. Rev. James R. Mathes, Bishop of San Diego
Faith communities supporting Prop. 8 include:Roman Catholic Church,Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
