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POPSConnection between homosexuality and pedophilia Ok, I am happily herto. What really gets me is how anyone could be so deluded. This is wrong,people. I understand the thinking behind it because I understand religious idea surrounding homosexuality. What I don't understand is the willingness to create hostility, hate and discontent. Especially from a religion that is supposed to represent love and forgiveness. A pedophile's thinking is damaged. To say that homosexual behavior is linked to pedophilia is saying that homosexual's are damaged. The gall of some people under the name of God is damaged. We should all be angry over this. It is an attemt to get biased, bigotry into laws. Perhaps they should pray for a little compassion and understanding and keep the laws neutral
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POPSReligious leaders file suit: Prop. 8 is "grave threat to religious freedom" Today, the California Council of Churches and other religious leaders and faith organizations representing millions of members filed a petition with the California Supreme Court asking the Court to invalidate Proposition 8. The petition argues that Proposition 8 poses a severe threat to the guarantee of equal protection for all and was not enacted through the constitutionally required process for such a dramatic change to the California Constitution. The petition is filed on behalf of the California Council of Churches, the General Synod of the United Church of Christ, two Episcopal Bishops (of California and Los Angeles), the Progressive Jewish Alliance, the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations and the Unitarian Universalist Legislative Ministry of California, and the Northern and Southern California Nevada Conferences of the United Church of Christ.
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POPSProp 8 Legal Challenge Filed Last May, the California Supreme Court found that depriving same-sex couples the right to marry violated equal protection – and that LGBT people are a "suspect class." A "suspect class" is a group that has suffered discrimination and needs protection. The central purpose behind equal protection is to protect unpopular minorities from a political majority who could take away their rights. You can’t simply change the Constitution by majority vote to take away the right of gay people to marry – because that right comes from the equal protection clause. As Herrera wrote in his brief, "without a judiciary that has the final word on equal protection, there simply is no such thing as equal protection."