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  • Law professors enter Prop. 8 fray on church's tax-exempt status

    10/30/2008 9:09:00 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 15 replies · 1,536+ views
    San Diego Union-Tribune ^ | October 30, 2008 | Michael Gardner
    Whether disapproving churches could be forced to choose between providing services to gay couples or losing their tax-exempt status is one of the questions swirling around Proposition 8, the Nov. 4 ballot measure that would ban same-sex marriage. AdvertisementIn its May ruling legalizing same-sex marriage, the state Supreme Court made clear that it did not intend for the decision to be interpreted as interfering with a church's right to determine who it marries. Yesterday, 59 California law professors released a one-page position paper making their case that the state and federal constitutions provide ironclad protections for churches. “No church's tax-exempt...