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

[Bob Seymour]

I'm noticing that the link is to EQCAPAC (or the Equality California
PAC) and that No on 8 campaign has their own site
http://www.noonprop8.com/.  Can anyone tell me what the difference is
and/or if I should prefer to donate my $$ to one over the other?
Just curious,
Bob

On Tue, 2008-10-14 at 15:37 -0700, Karen Nemsick wrote:
> Excellent idea.  I have friends who are getting married next month,
> and I will make a donation in honor of their marriage.
> 
> Karen
> 
> --- On Tue, 10/14/08, Dave Snyder <dave at livablecity.org> wrote:
>         From: Dave Snyder <dave at livablecity.org>
>         Subject: SOCIAL: I just donated $50 to the No on 8 campaign
>         To: "Social mailing" <social at deeptrouble.com>
>         Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2008, 11:33 AM
>         
>         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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