THOUSAND OAKS, CA. – California Lutheran University will show a documentary about the Mormon Church’s campaign in support of Proposition 8 in California at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 30.

“8: The Mormon Proposition” will be presented at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, in Lundring Events Center as part of the Reel Justice Film Series.

Director Reed Cowan initially planned on making a documentary about gay teen homelessness and suicide in Utah but he soon turned his focus to the idea 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 the Mormon faith in Utah, turned their attention to the historic campaign by the Mormon Church to pass Proposition 8 in California. The film is their emotional outcry to what they found.

The Reel Justice Film Series, which examines the themes of equality and social justice, will continue with "Living Downstream" on April 6.

Lundring Events Center is located in Gilbert Sports and Fitness Center, which is on the north side of Olsen Road near Campus Drive on the Thousand Oaks campus.

CLU’s Center for Equality and Justice and Gay-Straight Alliance are sponsoring the free screening. For more information, contact Sam Thomas at sthomas@callutheran.edu or (805) 493-3693.