NO on Prop 8: Mormon Scholar’s Memo Debunks Prop 8 Ads, Well-known Mormon Legal Scholar Confirms Prop 8 has Nothing to do with Education
Posted on October 21, 2008
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — On the day that the Proposition 8 campaign released a new television ad repeating for the third time a charge that has been exposed as untrue, the NO on Prop 8 campaign challenged the Prop. 8 campaign to end its campaign of deception.
Opponents of Prop. 8 said that the new ad is clearly false — citing an analysis by a respected Mormon scholar finding that the claims included in Prop. 8 ads are completely “untrue” and “misleading.”
Morris A. Thurston, a professor at Brigham Young University law school, confirms what others have been saying for weeks — that the advertising claims that the measure would affect teaching or schools are “untrue” and “misleading,” and that nothing in Prop. 8 would affect California schools. The Thurston memo has been posted to http://www.mormonsformarriage.com/, a website sponsored by Mormons who do not support their Church’s active campaign against gay marriage.
The NO on Prop. 8 campaign is posting the Thurston memo in its entirety to http://www.noonprop8.com/ later this morning, and a copy is also attached with this release.
Kate Kendell, an Executive Committee member of the NO on Prop. 8 campaign, issued the following statement:
“I have reviewed this memorandum. It exposes their shameful scheme to deceive the voters. The memo clearly states the Prop. 8 ads are based entirely on claims that are not true.
“Educators and other experts have been saying this for weeks. So have newspapers.
“Now we have it from one of their own — a prominent Mormon scholar who says claims in the Prop. 8 ads are ‘untrue’ and ‘misleading.’
“In his memo, this Mormon scholar concludes Prop 8. has nothing to do with education or teaching.
“What is particularly disturbing is that the Mormon Church has asked its members to fund a campaign based on these lies. As this Mormon scholar says: ‘Relying on deceptive arguments is not only contrary to gospel principles, but ultimately works against the very mission of the Church.’
“There is a reason behind their deception: Californians don’t support taking away rights or treating people differently. That’s why Californians will vote NO on Prop. 8.”
A copy of the memo can be found at http://www.noonprop8.com/.
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