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Oct. 2, 2008
Proposition 8 Unfairly Imposes Religious Views on a Diverse State
In democratic societies, individuals get to choose whose religious rules — if any — they want to live by, which is why Proposition 8 should be defeated, writes Rabbi Lewis M. Barth.
FORUM COLUMN
By Rabbi Lewis Barth It was a joy to read in the Los Angeles Times that "California's six most senior Episcopal bishops ... unanimously declared their opposition to a constitutional amendment on the statewide November ballot that would ban same-sex marriages." They are joined by so many in the religious community, clergy and laity, who share the position that Proposition 8 should be defeated. It is probably too much to ask t...
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