The Unexpected Message The Yes On 8 Campaign Sends To Jews, Mormons, And Other Non-Evangelicals
by: Autumn Sandeen
Thu Sep 18, 2008 at 21:00:00 PM EDT
http://pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=7075I don't always connect dots in the ways others do, so it's usually interesting to me when someone connects dots in a way I never thought aboutAlliance Defense Fund Employment Policies -- especially when it's a particularly interesting character who makes the connections.
On September 8th, a Jewish, conservative Republican -- David Benkof -- wrote a piece entitled Right-wing nonsense, where he questioned the Yes On 8 - Protect Marriage Campaign's hiring of the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) as their legal defense team:
I believe marriage is between a man and a woman, so I supported the man-woman marriage Proposition 8 in California - until I discovered the Proposition 8 campaign tolerates discrimination against Jews.
ProtectMarriage.com's legal counsel, the Alliance Defense Fund, has in effect a "No Jews Need Apply" policy for legal and even secretarial positions. They say they're not a law firm, they're a "ministry" and thus have a right to discriminate against Jews and other non-Christians. But even if that's true, Proposition 8 had hundreds of law firms to choose from. The fact they chose one that refuses to hire a Jew like me is very disturbing.
