<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">by using this link:<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.eqcapac.org/">http://www.eqcapac.org/</a></div><div><br></div><div>I don't even think marriage as a legal institution should exist at all, but the fundamentalist patriarchy is freaking me out. </div><div><br></div><div>I took action after reading this email:</div><div><br></div><div><p align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">Dear David,</span></p><div><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "></span></span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p><span>The latest tracking polls show that <strong>if the election were held today among voters who have seen both our ads</strong> and the other side’s ads that <strong>we would WIN!</strong></span></p><p><span>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…<a href="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=etINI8PUJiKSIhI&s=hwKVJhM6JlK2JkNULqF&m=jtIUI6OMJmJ7F" style="color: rgb(206, 0, 0); "><strong>without more funds we’ll lose</strong></a>. </span></p><p><span>But we will win if we have enough money to reach voters. So<a href="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=hmKTJhM6IlJZJrL&s=hwKVJhM6JlK2JkNULqF&m=jtIUI6OMJmJ7F"><u><strong style="color: rgb(206, 0, 0); ">DONATE NOW!</strong></u></a></span></p><p><span>A powerful array of motivated groups have organized against us. Yesterday’s <em>Sacramento Bee</em> reported that:</span></p><blockquote dir="ltr" style="margin-right: 0px; "><p><span>“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.”</span></p></blockquote><p><span>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. </span></p><p><span>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!</span></p><p><span>Yesterday’s <em>Sacramento Bee</em> also reported on the sacrifices being made by members of the Yes on 8 campaign:</span></p><blockquote dir="ltr" style="margin-right: 0px; "><p><span>"That's why <st1:place w:st="on">Auburn</st1:place> 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.”</span></p></blockquote><p><span>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?</span></p><p><span>We are running out of time. We need your support now. We need the support of your friends and family now. <a href="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=apIFKWNEKeIML7K&s=hwKVJhM6JlK2JkNULqF&m=jtIUI6OMJmJ7F" style="color: rgb(206, 0, 0); "><strong><u>DONATE NOW</u>!</strong></a><span style="color: rgb(206, 0, 0); "><span><a href="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=diJLK5OQIhLTJhJ&s=hwKVJhM6JlK2JkNULqF&m=jtIUI6OMJmJ7F"><strong>FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO ALL OF YOUR CONTACTS!</strong></a></span></span></span></p><p><span><span style="color: rgb(206, 0, 0); "></span></span><span>In solidarity,</span></p><p align="left"><strong><img alt="" src="https://www.kintera.com/accounttempfiles/account7346/images/gk_signature_gd.gif" border="0"><br>Geoff Kors<br></strong><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Executive Director<br>Equality California</span></span></p></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></body></html>