Reel Justice Film Series: “8: The Mormon Proposition”

Director Reed Cowan initially planned on making a documentary about gay teen homelessness and suicide in Utah but soon realized that the homophobia that prompts otherwise loving parents to kick teenagers out of their homes is deep-seated in current Mormon ideology. Cowan and his fellow filmmakers, who experienced firsthand what it was like to grow up gay in Utah in the Mormon faith, turned their attention to the historic campaign by the Mormon Church to pass Proposition 8 in California, believing that it was the cornerstone of an ideology that has worked for decades “to damage gay people and their causes.” The film is their emotional outcry to what they found.

Admission is free. Event will take place in the Lundring Events Center, located in Gilbert Sports and Fitness Center. Co-sponsored by the Center for Equality and Justice and the Gay-Straight Alliance. For more information, contact Sam Thomas at sthomas@callutheran.edu or (805) 493-3693.