PNO: Mormons' websites question Prop. 8

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Tom Dempsey

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Aug 27, 2008, 4:46:26 PM8/27/08

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Mormons' websites question Prop. 8

Prompted by their church's support for a California initiative to ban same-sex marriage, some Mormons are voicing opposition to the proposed ban on the Internet -- saying in cyberspace what they might not be able to express in church buildings.

"We need a place where people can have a discussion and get information," said Laura Compton, a contributor at MormonsforMarriage.com. "And people need to know that it's not coming from an anti-Mormon place, or a gay Castro district place. It's coming from a faithful place."

MormonsforMarriage is one of a handful of Web sites to spring up since June, when top Mormon leaders distributed a letter to be read from California pulpits to call the faith's 750,000-plus members there to contribute money and time to help pass Proposition 8.

The Nov. 4 ballot initiative would amend California's constitution to recognize marriage as only between a man and a woman. A state Supreme Court ruling in May legalized marriage for gay men and women.