Obama's church issues legal challenge to Prop 8

[keith the dem]

The church denomination that Obama belonged to for 20 years has issued a legal challenge to California's Prop 8:

"The General Synod of the United Church of Christ, as well as the UCC's Southern California – Nevada Conference and Northern California – Nevada Conference, joined other religious bodies in filing litigation on Nov. 17 that argues that Proposition 8 amounted to a constitutional "revision" because it took away a fundamental civil right. In California, a constitutional revision, unlike an amendment, requires legislative authorization in addition to voter approval.

"California's constitutional right of equal protection is sacrosanct," the legal challenge reads in its introduction. "Not even the electorate can take it away selectively – at least not without a two-thirds vote of the legislature or a constitutional convention. This writ petition seeks to enforce that basic principle.""

link: http://www.ucc.org/news/religious-bodies-issue-legal.html

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Normally I am for separation of church and state matters, however since

prop 8 was the baby of the RW religious extremists I think it's not unreasonable for other churches who disagree with that stance to try and knock it down.

[keith the dem]

2. This is about the separation

The UCC Church sanctions gay marriage and it's religious liberty is limited by Prop 8!

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. Excellent point.

[siligut]

4. "California's constitutional right of equal protection is sacrosanct."

Damn right! I am glad this is turning into a big, public issue. So much good can be done by good people. And so many bigoted and cruel people are being exposed.

[JerseygirlCT]

5. Good!

This church has been in the forefront of gay rights for a long, long time.