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Why churches fear gay marriage

The crusade for Proposition 8 was fueled by the broken American family, explains gay Catholic author Richard Rodriguez.
By Jeanne Carstensen

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  • Tuesday, November 25, 2008 08:56 AM

    It's about fear

    It's about fear. The church hierachry fears becoming an increasingly irrelevant power structure. With the progression of history the religious "true believers" find themselves increasingly marginalize and it scares the hell out of them. Pun intended.

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