<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br></div><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"Geoff Kors, Equality California" <<a href="mailto:email@eqca.org">email@eqca.org</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">December 17, 2008 7:27:08 PM PST</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"Tom Radulovich" <<a href="mailto:tomrad@well.com">tomrad@well.com</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>URGENT ALERT: Demand Obama rescind invitation to homophobe</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><<a href="mailto:email@eqca.org">email@eqca.org</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div><div> <table cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" width="500" border="0"> <tbody><tr> <td><p align="right"><span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #808080; font-family: Verdana">December 17, 2008</span><br> <a href="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=jmJYIeMVKeLSKmJ&s=hmK0JjMYKnL5IeMXLvE&m=ipKKKTPxFaLUG"><img alt="Equality California | www.eqca.org" src="https://www.kintera.com/accounttempfiles/account7346/images/eqca-email-banner-2.jpg" border="0"></a></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana"><p><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana" face="Times New Roman" size="3">Dear Tom,</font></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana"><a name="OLE_LINK3"><span><span>It is appalling that President-elect Barack Obama would invite California Pastor Rev. Rick Warren, an ardent supporter of Prop 8 and someone who is opposed to the equality of LGBT Americans, to give the invocation at his inauguration. </span></span></a><span><span><strong><u></u></strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana"><span><span><strong><u><span style="color: #ce0000"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana"><span><span><strong><u><span style="color: #ce0000"><a href="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=cpLKJTNtE7KFI2I&s=hmK0JjMYKnL5IeMXLvE&m=ipKKKTPxFaLUG"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana"><span><span><strong><u><span style="color: #ce0000"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana"><span><span><strong><u><span style="color: #ce0000">Demand President-elect Obama to immediately rescind this invitation.</span></u></strong></span></span></span></span></u></strong></span></span></span></a></span></u></strong></span></span></span></span></u></strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana"><span><span><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana"><span><span><span style="color: #ce0000"><u><a href="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=fsIQJ2OFKaJMKcL&s=hmK0JjMYKnL5IeMXLvE&m=ipKKKTPxFaLUG"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana"><span><span><span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana"><span><span><span style="color: #ce0000"><u>www.eqca.org/actioncenter</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a></u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span>Would President-elect Obama invite someone to give the invocation who supported eliminating the civil rights of a minority other than the LGBT community? Of course he wouldn’t!</span></span></span></p><div> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p><span><span><span>This is a slap in the face to the millions of LGBT Americans who supported his historic candidacy. </span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span><a href="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=ivKWKbPRJdITLmK&s=hmK0JjMYKnL5IeMXLvE&m=ipKKKTPxFaLUG"><span><span><span><span><span><strong><span style="color: #ce0000"><u>TAKE ACTION: Sign EQCA’s petition to President-elect Obama.</u></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></a> Ask him to immediately rescind this despicable invitation. </span></span></span></p><p><a style="color: #ce0000" href="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=beLILQNpH6LGJ2J&s=hmK0JjMYKnL5IeMXLvE&m=ipKKKTPxFaLUG"><span>www.eqca.org/</span>actioncenter</a></p><div> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div> <span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt">In solidarity,</span></span><div> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p><img alt="" src="https://www.kintera.com/accounttempfiles/account7346/images/gk_signature_gd.gif" border="0"><br> <span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><strong>Geoff Kors<br> </strong>Executive Director<br> Equality California</span></span></p><p align="center"> <a href="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=erJOLZOBJ9KNLcI&s=hmK0JjMYKnL5IeMXLvE&m=ipKKKTPxFaLUG"><img alt="" src="https://www.kintera.com/accounttempfiles/account7346/images/contribute.gif" border="0"></a></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <hr color="#ff8000" noshade="" size="1"> <hr color="#ce0000" noshade="" size="1"><p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><em><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333333" size="2">Equality California is dedicated to achieving equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Californians.</font></em></font> </p><p><font color="#333333"><em><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333333" size="2"><a href="http://www.eqca.org/atf/cf/%7B687DF34F-6480-4BCD-9C2B-1F33FD8E1294%7D/EQCA%20GENERAL%20DONATION%20FORM.DOC" target="_blank"><img height="28" alt="" src="http://www.kintera.org/atf/cf/%7B909FBE26-8658-4AC3-9320-4A061D004BD2%7D/lock_icon.gif" width="26" align="right" border="0"></a>Our work depends on individual financial contributions.</font></em></font> <a href="https://www.eqca.org/donate" target="_blank"><em><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#ce0000" size="2">Donate now</font></font></em></a><em><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <font color="#333333">using our secure website or</font> <a href="http://www.eqca.org/atf/cf/%7B34F258B3-8482-4943-91CB-08C4B0246A88%7D/EQCA%20DONATION%20FORM.PDF" target="_blank"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#ce0000" size="2">download a donation form</font></a> <font color="#333333">to send via fax or mail.</font></font></em> </p><p><em><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333333" size="2">Donations to EQCA support our political work and are therefore not tax-deductible as charitable contributions.</font></em></p> <hr color="#ff8000" noshade="" size="1"> <hr color="#ce0000" noshade="" size="1"><p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#666666" size="1">This email was sent to <a href="mailto:tomrad@well.com">tomrad@well.com</a> </font></p> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="80%" align="center"> <tbody><tr> <td> <div align="center"> <a href="http://www.eqca.org/contact" target="_blank"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#ce0000" size="2">Contact EQCA</font></a></div> </td> <td> <div align="center"> <a href="http://www.eqca.org/privacypolicy" target="_blank"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#ce0000" size="2">Privacy Policy</font></a></div> </td> <td> <div align="center"><a href="http://www.eqca.org/" target="_blank"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#ce0000" size="2">EQCA Home</font></a> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <br><br><a href="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=ivKWKbPRJeITLlK&s=hmK0JjMYKnL5IeMXLvE&m=ipKKKTPxFaLUG">Unsubscribe from this mailing</a>.<br><br><a href="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=beLILQNpH7LGJ1J&s=hmK0JjMYKnL5IeMXLvE&m=ipKKKTPxFaLUG">Unsubscribe from all mailings from Equality California</a>.<br><br><a href="http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=ehJOLZOBJaKNLbI&s=hmK0JjMYKnL5IeMXLvE&m=ipKKKTPxFaLUG">Modify your profile and subscription preferences</a>.</div> <img height="1" width="1" src="http://omt.kintera.org/omt/2113198717.gif"> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>