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“Tipping Point” California
Due to the San Diego City Council’s official
endorsement of a friend-of-the-court brief to the
California Supreme Court in support of homosexual P.O. Box 20012
Marriage
Protection Act
“marriage”, the evangelical Christian and Catholic
communities have been moved to action. As the Riverside CA 92516
city council majority and mayor disregarded the 951.354.8362
will of the people (Proposition 22) and ignored
reasoned communications from the pastors and E-mail: info@CaliforniaFamily.org
religious leaders of San Diego, it has become www.CaliforniaFamily.org
apparent that a coordinated, strategic response
must take place. San Diego’s model of response
will be offered to cities and counties throughout •
the state. ProtectMarriage.com Coalition
Can Churches Proposition 22 Legal Defense and
Education Fund
Legally Participate?
Yes! “Churches and pastors have broad constitu-
California Family Council
tional rights to express their views on a broad Focus on the Family®
array of social issues, such as marriage and
Concerned Women for America Standing together for children
homosexual behavior. Furthermore, other
activities, such as allowing parishioners to sign Capitol Resource Institute and families in support of
petitions in support of traditional marriage, are
Pacific Justice Institute biblical marriage
almost undoubtedly permissible under federal
law [Additionally, churches] may expend funds for Family Research Council The California Marriage Protection Act will place the
religious, charitable and educational purposes and language of Proposition 22, defining marriage as
an insubstantial* amount on lobbying and to
Eagle Forum of California
the “union of one man and one woman,” into the
promote legislation.” Alliance Defense Fund state Constiution.
Taken from “Constitutional Protections for Pastors,” a (as Legal Counsel) This is necessary because next year the California
combined legal effort from the Alliance Defense Fund,
Supreme Court may determine that Proposition 22
James Madison Center for Free Speech, Concerned
Women for America, Focus on the Family and the Family
• is unconstitutional. However, the Court cannot
invalidate a constitutional amendment.
Research Council. For an extensive list of organizational
and individual endorsements, visit What You Can Do
[*Note: In IRS decisions, “insubstantial” has been
qualified as roughly 5 percent of a church’s annual www.ProtectMarriage.com The first step to qualify the California Marriage
expenses.] Protection Act for the November 2008 ballot
requires the collection of almost one million
To Get Petitions signatures between now and Easter 2008. That is
For more information about the
amendment and coalition, for Signatures Call: why your participation and that of your church is so
see back panel. 916.446.5031 important.

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