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The feature article for this newsletter, Reclaiming the Rainbow, has garnered loads of attention in various media, everything from the Washington Post to Comedy Central and 13 other places in between! Who knew that Dr. J's simple statement as to why she wore a rainbow-colored scarf to the federal Prop. 8 trial would become such a hot-bed issue! We say, way to go, Dr. J! So read the article below and post your two cents worth.
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by Becky Yeh, OneNewsNow California correspondent
Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse of the San Diego-based Ruth Institute rightly argues that the rainbow is a sign of God’s covenant with man, and she says proponents of Proposition 8 – California’s measure that passed in 2008 to define marriage as between a man and a woman — are the original “rainbow coalition.”
“Proposition 8 was passed by a great grassroots coalition that included people from all across the religious traditions, and also people of every race and color,” Morse recognizes. “We are the real rainbow coalition. The gay lobby does not own the rainbow.”
She tells OneNewsNow that she wore a rainbow-colored scarf to the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals hearing on Proposition 8 as a statement to signify that supporters of traditional marriage still own the symbol.
“We can’t simply let that go by. Families put rainbows in their children’s nurseries. Little Christian preschools will have rainbows…Noah’s Ark and all the animals…. Those are great Christian symbols, great Jewish symbols,” the Ruth Institute president points out.
She adds that marriage is an issue that goes beyond race and religion, and she encourages Christians to take back the symbol of the rainbow because it represents God’s promise to humanity.
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