Why churches fear gay marriage

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Why churches fear gay marriage
By Jeanne Carstensen Salon.com Nov. 25, 2008

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

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/11/25/proposition_8_religion/index.html

For author Richard Rodriguez, no one is talking about the real issues behind Proposition 8.

While conservative churches are busy trying to whip up another round of culture wars over same-sex marriage, Rodriguez says the real reason for their panic lies elsewhere: the breakdown of the traditional heterosexual family and the shifting role of women in society and the church itself. As the American family fractures and the majority of women choose to live without men, churches are losing their grip on power and scapegoating gays and lesbians for their failures.