8: The Mormon Proposition

2010 "Equality for some."
7.1| 1h20m| en
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Filmmaker and ex-Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints member Reed Cowan examines that church's nationwide efforts to prevent the legalization of gay marriage - including California's Proposition 8, which was passed by voters in 2008. Confidential church documents, statements by high-ranking church officials and other sources detail 30 years of efforts to turn back gay rights, particularly by the Mormon-sponsored National Organization for Marriage.

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Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
Interesteg What makes it different from others?
Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
BroadcastChic Excellent, a Must See
iwillbitchslapyou As much as I love guys, one thing people don't talk about is that giving write-offs for the baby-makers pays off in the long run, those babies support our retirement. Why should I pay more taxes because a couple of dudes want to be together forever, but can't pony up with my retirement cushion (aka babies). I appreciate love in all of its forms, but polygamy should be legalized first. I think it's wrong that a woman with wives and 10 children doesn't get tax write offs for her commitment; although, once that happens tax breaks are gonna wear so thin that everyone including LGBT will be crying about the rampant marriage licenses. I'd like tax breaks for promising to have and hold my one true love, Lou, my cat until death do us part... but I don't think that would be fair to my fellow tax payer, and besides, until men can marry men, they will never marry cats.
gavin6942 Let me get this out of the way. The film has some factual errors. The narrator claims that Latter-day Saints believe God was once a human being and that after he died he "became a god where he began marrying spirit wives and having spirit offspring" and that "we, too, can become gods on our own planets, filled with our own spirit wives and children." In reality, they believe that marriage must be performed on Earth, not after death, and that women will be resurrected as well as men (hence no "spirit wives").Also, the film mentions that gay children "can't have children biologically". Nothing biological stops a homosexual from reproducing. This was really more of a misstatement on the narrator's part, though, as their intention was clear (that gay sexual practices do not lead to procreation).I think money in politics is a serious issue, and religious money in politics is even more questionable. The Mormons own an NBC affiliate, too? That seems very odd to me. And yes, the film has an agenda. It clearly has lot of bad and no good to say about he Mormons, and is strongly pro-homosexual rights.Indeed, it puts an unfair amount of blame on the Mormons for Prop 8. While they did contribute a large amount of cash, they were not alone. But still, the church making people donate their life savings for such a stupid thing... awful. And the Mormon torture chair? When you watch this, if you keep in mind it is only one side of the issue, I think it is a decent film. Nothing is really factually incorrect about it, and even if you do not support same-sex marriage, you might have a problem with religious views permeating politics. And that is clear here.
Pieter De Klerk It's a well documented fact that a lot of the very influential Hollywood community is gay. The Mormons don't like homosexual activity, and stood up and said so. So they became the target.Now, they were already a target of Hollywood. Note "Big Love" by ex-Mormon Tom Hanks. Yes, Hanks used to be a Mormon, and blames his Mormon stepmother's religion for causing the breakup with his father. That's well documented.With this motivation, Hollywood produced and made this film. It's disgusting, one twisted half truth after another.I speak German and this film reminds me of nothing so much as Hitler era propaganda films. They clearly used the same formula. Mix up some unrelated truth with half truths and lies and toss some shock in at the end. Watch it if you want, but you'll learn nothing here.
Carla Schmidt Holloway Cowan's compelling film-making makes this a one-of-a-kind look into the dirty politics of religious groups who have an axe to grind with people they disapprove of. What I found most true to life about the film was that it did not paint all Mormons as anti-gay or hateful, but it exposed the level of power the Morg has over it's members, and how the leaders of the church are willing to exert that power to their own ends. It was clear that immense pressure was put on all LDS church members regardless of their personal feelings. This is an outrageous hypocrisy by a church that claims such strong beliefs in a person's right to free will and agency.I am tired to seeing everyone call this film "biased." Simply taking a stand on an issue does not make it biased - it does not unfairly or inaccurately represent the opposing argument or its proponents; that would make it biased. The IRS has listed the LDS church on a list of organizations up to have their tax-exempt status revoked because of their flagrant violation of tax laws in connection with the Yes on 8 campaign. This was Cowan's main point - that the LDS church did wrong in giving so much money, and now the IRS is validating the claims Cowan showed in the film.I highly recommend this film, and if you like this I also recommend Kirby Dick's Outrage, Sandi Simcha Dubowski's Trembling Before G-d, and Daniel G. Karslake's For the Bible Tells Me So.