Even within the church, we are fairly divided over the California marriage amendment known as Proposition 8. It's ironic that an internally divisive issue may be the turf upon which we establish common ground with other Christian faiths.
As discussed in today's Wall Street Journal article (I'm not writing the title because our faith is pro-marriage between a man and a woman, not anti-gay - an important distinction), there may be the opportunity for newfound friendships.
Reverend Jim Garlow, pastor of the evangelical Protestant Skyline Church near San Diego and a leading supporter of Proposition 8, said the following:
I would not, in all candor, have been meeting them or talking with them had it not been for the marriage campaign. Rev. Garlow said he had developed a 'friendship' with the Mormons he met, although he feels the theological differences remain 'unbridgeable.' But he noted how Roman Catholics and evangelical Protestants have formed tight bonds through their joint work against abortion, and he said a similar process might occur with Mormons.
Is it possible for us want to reach out before we need to or are compelled to?
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