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<p align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana">Dear Tom,</span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana">There are times in a political campaign when you think you know what you need to do to win. <br>
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We said we needed $3 million in 3 days to win this campaign. And over 24,000 of you helped us meet that goal. <br>
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<a href="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=crKQI8OGLgITKbJ&s=glKYIgPULmI3KbNTJuG&m=jsKQK4OPIiKZG" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ce0000"><strong><u style="color: #ce0000">And then the other side does something so insidious you must react.</u></strong></span></a><br>
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Proponents of Prop 8 sent a deceptive mailer insinuating that Barack Obama and Joe Biden support their effort to eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry. <br>
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They are using this and other shameful tactics to try to mislead undecided voters throughout California.<br>
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<span style="color: #ce0000"><a href="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=fuIWJhPSKjL0IlI&s=glKYIgPULmI3KbNTJuG&m=jsKQK4OPIiKZG" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ce0000"><strong><u style="color: #ce0000">They have forced us into an emergency situation.</u></strong></span></a></span><a href="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=8nJIKWNqEcKNK1L&s=glKYIgPULmI3KbNTJuG&m=jsKQK4OPIiKZG" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ce0000"><strong><u style="color: #ce0000"><br>
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<a href="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=bgLOK5OCKfJUIbK&s=glKYIgPULmI3KbNTJuG&m=jsKQK4OPIiKZG" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ce0000"><strong><u style="color: #ce0000">We cannot let this go unanswered.</u></strong></span></a> We need to respond quickly and effectively through new flyers, paid phone banks and get out the vote efforts countering this lie.<br>
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We are running out of time.<br>
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<span style="color: #ce0000"><a href="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=etJULePOIiI1KlJ&s=glKYIgPULmI3KbNTJuG&m=jsKQK4OPIiKZG" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ce0000"><strong><u>Donate now so we can counter this appalling tactic.</u></strong></span></a><br>
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In solidarity, <br>
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Geoff Kors<br>
</strong></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt">Executive Director<br>
Equality California</span></span></p>
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<p align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #ff6600"><strong style="color: #ce0000">Emergency Situation</strong></span></span></p>
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Proponents of Prop 8 sent a deceptive mailer insinuating that Barack Obama and Joe Biden support their effort. Both have denounced this tactic and reminded voters that they oppose Prop 8.<br>
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<span style="color: #ce0000"><u style="color: #ce0000"><a href="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=dsJSKbOKIiLSJaJ&s=glKYIgPULmI3KbNTJuG&m=jsKQK4OPIiKZG" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ce0000"><u><span style="color: #ce0000"><u><strong>We cannot let this go unanswered.</strong></u></span></u></span></a><br>
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We need to respond quickly and effectively through new flyers, paid phone banks and get out the vote efforts countering this lie.<br>
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