Movie Review: The Mormon Proposition

This was a rather interesting movie that kept popping up under the cultural documentaries tab on Netflix so I finally watched it. What a surprise it was. The movie details the Mormon churches work to fund the Yes on Prop 8 campaign in California without anyone finding out they were the ones who were doing a majority of the monetary backing. The film is well researched and documented. I knew of the organizations that supported and opposed proposition 8 but I didn't know that the Mormon church was one of the main backers as well as conducted surveys to see how their open support as the Mormon church for it would help or hurt the campaign to pass proposition 8. The film details how the surveys show an unfavorable opinion of the Mormon church and how the church hierarchy decides they must team up with other denominations in this case the Catholic Church to form an organization.  The film then details how the church flows funds through the organization without revealing that it is the Mormon Church providing the funds to prevent the public's opinion of the Church hurting the likelihood of Prop 8 passing. I also have to admit the film kind of angered me to an extent. You have a right to believe what you want to believe but you must also be bold enough to stand up and say it and deal with possible backlash. I was offended at how the Mormon Church could believe so passionately about something and then be so afraid to actually let people know they were in support of it. Regardless of if you were for or against Proposition 8 in California, this documentary is an interesting look at the most expensive ballot measure in the history of US elections