7.13 Matt, the Berkeley Ward, and ‘08

We are so pleased to have Matt, Berkeley Ward Bishop from 2008-2013 on our show today! Today’s chapter of American Zion, Showtime, 1995-2012, covers an important part of our Ward’s history, when Prop 8 was voted on in California to ban gay marriage. Matt talks about his experiences being a church leader at the time and provides some excellent inside info. Join us! Link to our Face in Hat discord server! https://discord.gg/MnSMvKHvwh YouTube channel! Thanks Eric! https://www.youtube.com/@FaceinHat https://www.youtube.com/@FaceinHat/playlists Dialogue Podcast Network https://www.dialoguejournal.com/podcasts/ American Zion: A New History of Mormonism, by Benjamin E. Park https://www.amazon.com/American-Zion-New-History-Mormonism/dp/1631498657 The rise of the liberal Latter-day Saints and the battle for the future of Mormonism, by Emily Kaplan https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2021/09/27/rise-liberal-latter-day-saints/ 4.3 Liberal hair lengths (where we covered that article before) https://faceinhat.podbean.com/e/43-liberal-hair-lengths/ 2008 California Proposition 8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_California_Proposition_8 George Hugh Niederauer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Hugh_Niederauer The bit from Matt about $5k donations from stake presidents: this is inside info :) Props to Obama, Did he help push California’s gay-marriage ban over the top? By Farhad Manjoo https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2008/11/did-barack-obama-help-push-california-s-proposition-8-over-the-top.html?pay=1781372928803&support_journalism=please The Root: The Misjudged Black Vote On Gay Marriage, by David Kaufman https://www.npr.org/2011/03/04/134257733/the-root-the-misjudged-black-vote-on-gay-marriage Prop 8 Protesting Turns Ugly, by Will Frampton https://web.archive.org/web/20110608063501/http://www.news10.net/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=50266 November 2015 policy change https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_and_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints#November_2015_policy_change Prop 8: The Musical https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_hyT7_Bx9o "8": A Play about the Fight for Marriage Equality https://www.youtube.com/live/qlUG8F9uVgM 3.14 Paul, the Oakland Temple, and Pride https://faceinhat.podbean.com/e/314-paul-the-oakland-temple-and-pride/