GAY MARRIAGE: Bishops in bid to overturn Proposition 8 ban on gay marriage

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[Religious Intelligence] 24 Nov 2008--The Episcopal Bishops of Los Angeles and California have filed suit to overturn California’s Proposition 8 banning gay marriage.

On Nov 17, Bishop J Jon Bruno of Los Angeles (pictured) and Bishop Marc Andrus of California along with the California Council of Churches, the Progressive Jewish Alliance and the Unitarian Universalist Church filed a writ with the California Supreme Court seeking an injunction blocking implementation of the petition based by voters.

“Proposition 8 poses a grave threat to religious freedom,” the director of the California Council of Churches, the Rev. Rick Schlosser argued.

“If the Court permits gay men and lesbians to be deprived of equal protection by a simple majority vote, religious minorities could be denied equal protection as well—a terrible irony in a nation founded by people who emigrated to escape religious persecution. If the Court permits Proposition 8 to take effect, religious discrimination similarly could be written into California's Constitution,” he said.