Prop 8 Trial, Day 3 summary: SBC, Catholic beliefs on marriage called prejudiced

Baptist Press: “Southern Baptist Convention and Catholic belief statements on homosexuality and ‘gay marriage’ were read Wednesday during the California Prop 8 trial as examples of prejudice and bias against homosexuals — a courtroom moment conservative attorneys say underscores that religious liberty is at stake. Alliance Defense Fund attorney Jordan Lorence, who was in the courtroom, called the exchange ‘chilling.’ ‘This is further proof that this case, and the very definition of marriage, is about much more than the personal relationships and the inner feelings of people who choose same-sex relationships,’ he wrote on a blog. ‘It is about imposing a different and intolerant ‘morality’ on America and eradicating opposing ideas.’”