The church in California is being called upon to turn out the vote for the November election, in which voters will vote on a constitutional amendment to nullify a recent court decision legalizing homosexual "marriage" in that state.
ProtectMarriage.com has already signed on a thousand churches to work to increase voter registration and turnout. As spokesman Ron Prentice notes, the church is seen as one of the keys to victory. "[In] many elections, only 50 percent of those church members register to vote," he says. "And so we know that our success hinges on getting out as many votes as possible -- and the church community is available and willing." Prentice explains that as a follow-up to voter registration materials, his group will provide church leaders with specific sermon content on the subject of biblical marriage -- "and then we'll be working with them to get out more and more of their congregation to vote," he adds. There is some opposition to what ProtectMarriage.com is doing within the church. Prentice has received a lot of those e-mails. "We move forward, and we know that that's [coming from] a smaller group of individuals," he notes. "[W]e're thrilled for the number of churches -- the number of denominations, frankly -- that are on board with this. And the number continues to grow." While the organization is not working exclusively on the Christian vote, Prentice says it is vital that they do so in large numbers to overcome the opposition. History has shown that what happens in California affects the rest of the country, so Prentice is calling on people to pray for victory.
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