I've been watching Utah's Mormon reaction to Proposition 8 in California and it seems to me that while I understand churches do give their opinion on these issues, the active activism and focus is a little odd. I was born and raised in California and in fact only left a few years ago and it never occurred to me that any church or state other than the voting public would actually believe they can influence California voters.
I don't want to be the bearer of bad news but in all the years I lived there NO ONE can influence how they will vote. If this bill passes or fails it will have exactly zero to do with anyone outside California. San Francisco's population alone is almost half the population of the entire state of Utah.
Californians are really comfortable about doing what they see as right for California just as Utah is comfortable with their business. Hard to get your way here or there. From the red counties to the blue counties somehow it all works out the way THEY want it to. The Mormon church would have been better off to donate their money to those who may need it and who attend their church. Good luck with that California wish though.
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