Prop. 8 trial witnesses make ‘troubling’ attack on religion and Catholic teaching

Catholic News Agency: “Court witnesses arguing against California’s Proposition 8 have described religious beliefs of those who believe marriage is between a man and a woman as biased and a ‘chief obstacle’ to homosexuals’ ‘political progress.’ The comments were part of a ‘troubling’ attack on religion, Proposition 8 defenders say . . . On Jan. 13, San Francisco city attorney Therese Stewart asked Yale history professor George Chauncey to read official doctrinal statements from the Southern Baptist Convention and the Roman Catholic Church. According to Jordan Lorence, senior council for the Prop. 8 defender Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), the statements ‘generally restated what the Bible says about the definition of marriage as one man and one woman.’”