Several Bay Area churches will be among dozens statewide participating this Sunday, Oct. 19 in a live simulcast event called the “ABCs of Protecting Marriage” urging voters to support Proposition 8, the proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage. According to an online list, participating churches include:

Berkeley – Progressive Missionary Baptist Church, 3301 King St.
Brentwood – Golden Hills Community Church, 2401 Shady Willow Lane
Danville – Community Presbyterian Church, 222 W. El Pintado Road
Menlo Park – First Baptist Church, 1100 Middle Ave.
Milpitas – Mount Olive Lutheran Church, 1989 E. Calaveras Blvd.
Oakland – Kaleo Christian Fellowship Church, 7700 Mountain Blvd.
Richmond – Hillcrest Baptist Church, 3469 Hillcrest Road
San Jose – Willow Glen Baptist Church, 1292 Minnesota Ave.
San Jose – Crossroads Bible Church, 1670 Moorpark Ave.

The news release says special guests will include “families and professionals who have had personal and religious freedoms attacked because of the passage of gay marriage in their states and countries,” including a Swedish pastor who was sentenced to prison for preaching from the pulpit that homosexuality is a sin; a New Mexico photographer fined by that state’s Human Rights Commission for refusing to photograph a commitment ceremony; and Liberty Counsel attorney Mat Staver, who unsuccessfully argued to the California Supreme Court against the right to same-sex marriage.