September 16, 2008

We Could Really Use Some Good News on Prop 8 Today. Unfortunately…

…the hatemongers are determined to make themselves happy by stripping us of our equal rights in California.

Read the following we just received from No On 8, Equality For All, and then please make a monetary contribution. Even if you don’t live in California, this battle does affect you, and will have a ripple effect throughout the country, and throughout the world. If you want to see equality in your state, and in your lifetime, we need your help here.

We — all of us — have got to put a stop to the Radical Right’s ongoing campaign to inject their twisted religiosity into our government, and our lives.

What are we doing? Aside from all this blogging, talking to everyone we know, displaying our No On 8 yard signs, giving away No On 8 buttons and bumper stickers, and asking our friends to donate to the cause in lieu of wedding gifts, my wife made a hefty donation a couple of weeks ago, and today, as soon as I make this post, I’m donating money that, if I believed in providence, I might think was put in my hands at just the right moment:

Just yesterday, I received a check from the IRS for an earned income credit I didn’t take in 2007 — $428 — and I’m giving it all, plus another $72 to make it an even $500 — to No On 8. That is $500 I need, and cannot afford to spend — but I really cannot afford to let James Dobson, the Mormon church, and every other deep-pocketed, bigoted liar relegate us to permanent second-class citizenship, and continue their crusade to bulldoze the wall between church and state.

And neither can you.

Remember, whether you’re gay or not, as long as you aren’t a theocratic Christian member of the bigot brigades, you and your loved ones may very well be the next target in their crosshairs, no matter where you live.

Please. Please. I’m normally much too proud to beg for anything, but I am begging you to donate to the No On 8 campaign, even if it’s just five bucks. Please do it. Don’t let the bastards tear our families apart. Yours may be next.

Dear Joyce,

Did you hear that the right-wing has now raised $16 million to pass Prop 8? $5 million of this has been raised since September 1! They’ve used this money to buy massive amounts of air time to run ads for Prop 8 as early as late September. Soon endless ads will flood the airwaves with the goal of eliminating marriage rights for same sex couples.

We need your help now more than ever — because we are behind. The Yes on 8 campaign is out fundraising our side at a pace of 3 to 2. We must match what is raised dollar for dollar with the right wing; if we do not, we are at serious risk of losing this November.

We must raise $200,000 in the next 48 hours to meet our fundraising goal. Contribute today!

http://www.NoOnProp8.com/contribute

You’ve probably heard that the polls show our side ahead. Some are saying that victory for our side is a sure thing. Don’t be fooled! This race is too close to call. The ugly truth we have learned from defeat after defeat in states across the country is that people lie on polls, especially about how they feel about LGBT people. In contest after contest, from Wisconsin to Colorado, we have gone into election day with polls showing our side with 7 to 10 points more support than we actually received at the ballot box.

And, these polls do not factor in the media battle that is about to unfold here in California. We know that between 15% – 20% of California voters remain undecided on Prop 8. We can persuade them to vote no, but only if we reach them first and often with our message. Reaching them via TV will be vital to winning. Right now the opposition may out-campaign us over the airwaves. We must be competitive on TV or we risk losing undecided voters to the other side.

We must even the odds against Prop 8 now. Donate to No On 8 today!

http://www.NoOnProp8.com/contribute

We must raise more money now to stay competitive. And we need your help to do so. If you’ve given before – thank you – we need you to dig even deeper for our fight. If you’ve not yet given, now is the time to act. Give today to help us meet our ambitious $200,000 fundraising goal.

http://www.NoOnProp8.com/contribute

Sincerely,

Dale Kelly Bankhead
Campaign Manager
No On 8

P.S. Don’t take our freedom for granted! Eight years ago, some said Prop 22, the same sex marriage ban, could never pass in California. Yet we lost 61% – 39%. Don’t let it happen again. Give today to No on 8.