MormonTimes.com: Calif. Mormons encouraged to work for Prop. 8

California members of the LDS Church, especially young adults, can take swift action in raising awareness and gaining support for Proposition 8, senior church leaders said in a satellite broadcast to California Mormons on Wednesday night.

The proposition calls for an amendment to the state's constitution to recognize only marriages between a man and a woman as valid. Elders M. Russell Ballard and Quinten L. Cook of the Quorum of the Twelve of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Elder L. Whitney Clayton of the Presidency of the Seventy discussed the potential ramifications of the proposition not passing on Nov. 4, as well as specific ways members can help.

Each of the men encouraged young adults to use their familiarity with technology to spread the message of "preserving the divine institution of marriage" through the Internet and other means.

"It is my hope that you will engage," Elder Ballard said. "It is my hope that you will 'go viral.'"

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