Film documents Mormon role in gay marriage debate

[Kadie]

Film documents Mormon role in gay marriage debate
By JENNIFER DOBNER, Associated Press Writer

Sunday, November 15, 2009

(11-15) 10:47 PST Salt Lake City (AP) --

Reed Cowan's reasons for making a film about the Mormon church's activism against gay marriage in California are personal.

Himself gay and Mormon, Cowan clashed with his family over his sexual orientation and the beliefs of their faith, but it was a conversation between him and a sibling about her support of Proposition 8 cemented his commitment to make the film: "8: The Mormon Proposition."

"I thought, if this is the dialogue in my Mormon family, then what is like in other Mormon households," the Miami-area filmmaker and former Utah television journalist said. "If this is the pain I feel over Prop. 8 and other Mormon efforts to quash (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) rights, what is the pain of others multiplied all over the world?"

While the 80-minute documentary is still in production, a trailer posted on the Internet has caught the eye of both sides of the debate, viewed by roughly 70,000 people in its first 78 hours online. And the Web site that hosts the video has had nearly 28,000 visitors since it went online last month.

Cowan contends that the church was the most influential force in the campaign and paints the faith's theology and culture as historically anti-gay.


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The Mormon Propositon: http://www.mormonproposition.com/

[laconicsax]

1. The Mormon church isn't anti-gay...they supported gay rights legislation in Salt Lake City.

:sarcasm:

[Kadie]

5. .

;)

[Veruca Salt]

2. k&r

Everyone should watch the trailer, it looks like it's going to be an excellent documentary.

[Kadie]

4. I watched a bit of the trailer.

Looks like it is going to be very interesting.

[Starry Messenger]

3. K&R