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8: The Mormon Proposition
2010 · Film · documentary · 80 min
Directed by Reed Cowan, Steven Greenstreet
Filmmaker and ex-Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints member Reed Cowan examines that church's nationwide efforts to prevent the legalization of gay marriage - including California's Proposition 8, which was passed by voters in 2008. Confidential church documents, statements by high-ranking church officials and other sources detail 30 years of efforts to turn back gay rights, particularly by the Mormon-sponsored National Organization for Marriage.
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> So what?
It's how they got the money (typically manipulation[0][1] and free-will donations) and how they spend the money (politics, for-profit ventures) [2][3].
[0] http://johnlarsen.org/mormon-expression/ Episode 250
[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/exmormon/comments/7p09zl/today_i_learned_that_the_church_actually_produced/ LDS Philanthropies produced a video encouraging wealthy people to leave inheritance with the LDS church to keep their kids in line.
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8:_The_Mormon_Proposition
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deseret_Book_Company