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

[mike kosim]

It's what happens when people believe that others must suffer so that 
they may prosper.
Mike

Manish Champsee wrote:
> This is sad, but shows what we are up against:
>
> http://www.sacbee.com/391/story/1308945.html
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> Pam and Rick Patterson have always followed teachings of the Church of 
> Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and tried to live within their means.
>
> He drives a 10-year-old Honda Civic to his job at Intel. She is a 
> stay-at home mom who makes most of the family meals and bakes her own 
> bread. The couple, who have five sons between the ages of 3 and 12, 
> live in a comfortable but modest three-bedroom home in Folsom.
>
> It's a traditional lifestyle they believe is now at risk. That's why 
> the Pattersons recently made a huge financial sacrifice – they 
> withdrew *$50,000* from their savings and donated it to the Yes on 
> Proposition 8 campaign, the ballot measure that seeks to ban same-sex 
> marriage.
>
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> On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 11:33 AM, Dave Snyder <dave at livablecity.org 
> <mailto:dave at livablecity.org>> wrote:
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>     by using this link:
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>     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*
>     <http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=etINI8PUJiKSIhI&s=hwKVJhM6JlK2JkNULqF&m=jtIUI6OMJmJ7F>. 
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>     But we will win if we have enough money to reach voters.
>     So_*DONATE NOW!*_
>     <http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=hmKTJhM6IlJZJrL&s=hwKVJhM6JlK2JkNULqF&m=jtIUI6OMJmJ7F>
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>     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_!*
>     <http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=apIFKWNEKeIML7K&s=hwKVJhM6JlK2JkNULqF&m=jtIUI6OMJmJ7F>*FORWARD
>     THIS EMAIL TO ALL OF YOUR CONTACTS!*
>     <http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=diJLK5OQIhLTJhJ&s=hwKVJhM6JlK2JkNULqF&m=jtIUI6OMJmJ7F>
>
>     In solidarity,
>
>     *
>     Geoff Kors
>     *Executive Director
>     Equality California
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