The Diaries of Carol Lynn Pearson-Mormon Author, Feminist, and Activist: Volume 3: 2003-2014

Proposition 8, the 2008 California ballot initiative that overturned the state's legalization of same-sex marriage, looms large in volume 3 of Carol Lynn Pearson's diaries. The intense lobbying in favor of the measure by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints caused widespread protests against the church and rifts within congregations, families, and friendships that felt like they might never heal. Pearson documented it all.

When she learned through friends close to church leaders ...