November 2, 2009
Group's report details aftermath of Prop. 8
by Scott Taylor
Deseret Morning News
A year after the passage of California's Proposition 8, the ensuing violence, vandalism and protests have died down -- although they have been revisited and chronicled in a new report.
But as similar marriage-related voting takes place today in other states, a high-tech tactic is taking center stage.
On Nov. 4 last year, 52 percent of California voters approved Prop. 8, the state's constitutional amendment that limited marriage to between a man and a woman. It overturned a May 2008 California Supreme Court ruling that had legalized gay marriage.
The Heritage Foundation -- a California-based conservative think tank -- recently published "The Price of Prop. 8," a study of the retaliation against Prop. 8 supporters, including The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and individual LDS Church members. Thomas M. Messner, a visiting fellow in religious and civil society issues, authored the publication.
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