SOCIAL: I just donated $50 to the No on 8 campaign

[Dave Snyder]

by using this link:

http://www.eqcapac.org/

I don't even think marriage as a legal institution should exist at  
all, but the fundamentalist patriarchy is freaking me out.

I took action after reading this email:

Dear David,


The latest tracking polls show that if the election were held today  
among voters who have seen both our ads and the other side’s ads that  
we would WIN!

Unfortunately, we don’t have sufficient funds to get our ads seen by  
all the voters who’ve seen the other side’s ads.  So it’s that simple… 
without more funds we’ll lose.

But we will win if we have enough money to reach voters. SoDONATE NOW!

A powerful array of motivated groups have organized against us.  
Yesterday’s Sacramento Bee reported that:

“Mormons…have emerged as the leading financial contributors to the  
controversial Nov. 4 ballot measure. Church members have donated about  
40 percent of the $22.8 million raised to pass the initiative since  
July.”

What is also unfortunate is that only 30,000 people have donated to  
the No on 8 campaign compared to the 60,000 who have donated to the  
other side.

In a state with about two million LGBT people, in a country with  
millions more and tens of millions of straight allies, we have to get  
everyone to support this fight. If every LGBT person donates we can win!

Yesterday’s Sacramento Bee also reported on the sacrifices being made  
by members of the Yes on 8 campaign:

"That's why Auburn resident David Nielson, 55, is giving…He and his  
wife, Susan, live on a budget. The couple donated $35,000, he said,  
"because some things are worth fighting for."  The couple will forgo a  
vacation for the next two years and make other sacrifices to pay for  
their donation, he said.”

So, what is your equality worth to you? What is your equality worth to  
your friends and family? How much will you sacrifice for your own  
freedom?

We are running out of time.  We need your support now.  We need the  
support of your friends and family now.  DONATE NOW!FORWARD THIS EMAIL  
TO ALL OF YOUR CONTACTS!

In solidarity,


Geoff Kors
Executive Director
Equality California







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