BYU NewsNet, the BYU campus newspaper, did a story on December 10th that frankly talks about the energy around Prop 8 on campus before the election. The reporter also reviews the infamous “Six Consequences” document and scratches the surface of the claims, including the top line pro and con arguments against them.  

The New York Times has an article today on the efforts of the Mormons in Prop 8.  This is a must read for anyone who questions why our community is so upset with the Mormon church.

Here are some highlights:

Shortly after receiving the invitation from the San Francisco Archdiocese, the Mormon leadership in Salt Lake City issued a four-paragraph decree to be read to congregations, saying “the formation of families is central to the Creator’s plan,” and urging members to become involved with the cause. “And they sure did,” Mr. Schubert said.

The Salt Lake Tribune reports that a formal complaint has been filed against the Mormon church with the California Fair Political Practices Commission.  It alleges that the church underreported involvement in the Prop 8 initiative.

The advocacy organization’s founder, Fred Karger, wrote in a letter – to FPPC and Attorneys General Edmund G. Brown Jr., of California, and Utah’s Mark Shurtleff – that the church “has been highly secretive about its massive involvement in the campaign, but we managed to piece together evidence of some of their more visible activities done directly to communicate with California voters.”