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Here are some companies that endorsed / donated to No on Prop 8, helping to stop discrimination and promote equal rights for all:
http://www.noonprop8.com/articles/2...n-newspaper-ad/
Newspapers
* Alameda Times Star – “No on 8”
* Asian Week – “No on Prop 8”
* Bakersfield Californian – “Vote NO on Prop 8”
* Bohemian – “Proposition 8 eliminates rights”
* California Aggie – “No on Prop 8”
* Chico Enterprise Record – “Flawed measure should be rejected”
* Chico News and Review – “How is marriage protected by intimidating gay and lesbian people?”
* City on a Hill Press – “All Americans deserve freedom and fairness: NO on 8”
* Contra Costa Times – “Reject Proposition 8”
* Daily Californian – “No on Prop 8”
* Daily Bruin – “Marriage should be available to everyone”
* Daily Iowan – “California should Vote NO to marriage inequality”
* Daily Nexus – “Don’t Hate: Vote No on 8”
* Eureka Times-Standard – “Civil rights cannot and should not be decided at the ballot box: Vote NO on 8”
* Fremont Argus – “No on 8”
* Fresno Bee – “Constitution shouldn’t be used to restrict rights of same-sex couples”
* Hayward Daily Review – “No on 8”
* Inland Valley Daily Bulletin – “Apply marriage rules equally”
* Jewish Journal – “Religious “No!” to Proposition 8”
* La Opinión – “Prop 8: An Unnecessary Proposal”
* La Prensa San Diego – “We urge you to vote NO on Prop 8”
* Long Beach Press-Telegram – “No on 8: The State has no business telling people who can get married”
* Los Angeles City Watch – “Prop 8: Real people losing fundamental rights”
* Los Angeles Daily News – “Reject Proposition 8. California is better than that.”
* Los Angeles Downtown News – “Gays and lesbians deserve the right to marriage”
* Los Angeles Times – “Reneging on a Right”
* Marin Independent Journal – “Prop 8 eliminates the right of same sex couples to marry: Vote No”
* Marysville Appeal Democrat – “It is only fair that we afford equal protection to all”
* Merced Sun Star – “Vote No on Prop 8”
* Milpitas Post – “This measure deserves a No vote”
* Monterey Herald – “Same-sex marriages now are causing no problems”
* New York Times – “Preserving California’s Constitution”
* Napa Valley Register – “Vote No on Proposition 8”
* Oakland Tribune – “Prop 8 would reduce basic human rights”
* OC Register – “Revoking people’s right to marry has no place in California’s Constitution”
* Palm Springs Desert Sun – “Reject the rejection of same-sex marriage”
* Redding Record Searchlight – “Same sex vows cause no harm to our families”
* Riverside Press Enterprise – “No on 8”
* Sacramento Bee – “Californians should reject the call to exclude some people from marriage”
* Sacramento News and Review – “We Strongly Oppose Prop 8”
* San Diego City Beat – “The Prop 8 campaign is a big, rank pile of dung”
* San Diego Union Tribune – “No on Prop 8”
* San Francisco Bay Guardian – “Proposition 8, ban on same-sex marriage, NO NO NO”
* San Francisco Business Journal – “Proposition 8’s defeat would be good for business”
* San Francisco Chronicle – “Californians should reject proposition 8”
* San Francisco Examiner – Why is Prop 8 even on the ballot?
* San Gabriel Valley Tribune – “Vote No on Prop 8”
* San Jose Mercury News – “Initiative against gay marriage must be defeated”
* San Mateo County Times – “No on 8”
* Santa Barbara Independent – “Prop 8 eliminates rights”
* Santa Barbara News-Press – “No to Prop 8”
* Santa Cruz Metro – “No on 8”
* Santa Cruz Sentinel – “No on 8: Equal treatment under the law”
* Santa Monica Mirror – “This is a No-Brainer: NO on Prop 8”
* Santa Rosa Press Democrat – “Reneging on marriage rights makes second-class citizens”
* Silicon Valley Metro – “No on 8”
* Solano Tempest – “Prop. 8 discriminates unfairly”
* Sonoma Index-Tribune – “Proposition 8 is movement in the wrong direction”
* Stanford Daily – “Vote No on Prop 8”
* Stockton Record – “We must not write discrimination into the California Constitution”
* Torrance Daily Breeze – “The state is better off not redefining the moral issues related to marriage: No on 8”
* Tracey Press – “We don’t like taking away civil rights, vote no on Proposition 8”
* Tri Valley Herald – “No on 8”
* Vacaville Reporter – “Protect equal rights: Vote NO on Prop 8”
* Ventura County Star – “Proposition 8 denies rights, ‘No’ vote stands for fairness”
* Victorville Daily Press – “It is only fair that it afford equal protection to all”
* Visalia Times-Delta – “Prop 8 takes from rights of others”
* Ukiah Daily Journal – “Prop 8 and its proponents are wrong”
* Whittier Daily – “No on Prop 8” News
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Businesses
* PG&E
* Levi Strauss & Co.
* Google
* Amgen
* Sweet
* Morgan Hotel Group
* San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
* California Black Chamber of Commerce
* San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce
* Valley Industry and Commerce Association
* Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce
* Apple Inc.
* Clear Channel
* Salesforce.com
Silicon Valley Leaders Say NO on Proposition 8 (Updated Thursday, Oct 30, 2008)
(titles are for identification purposes only) http://www.noonprop8.com/articles/2...n-newspaper-ad/
HONORARY CO-CHAIRS:
# Sergey Brin, Founder, Google, Inc.
# Bill Campbell, Chairman, Intuit Inc.
# David Filo, Founder, Yahoo! Inc.
# Chuck Geschke, Founder & Chairman, Adobe Systems, Inc.
# John Morgridge, Former CEO & Chairman, Cisco Systems, Inc.
# Pierre Omidyar, Founder and Chairman, eBay Inc., Founding Partner, Omidyar Network
# Sheryl Sandberg, COO, Facebook
# Eric Schmidt, CEO, Google, Inc.
# Jerry Yang, Founder, Yahoo! Inc.
LEADERS (partial list):
* Deborah Barber, Principal, Jackson Hole Group
* John Battelle, Chairman & CEO, Federated Media
* Marc Benioff,CEO, Salesforce.com
* Larry Birenbaum, Former Senior Vice President, Cisco Systems, Inc.
* Lorna Borenstein, President, Move, Inc.
* Larry Brilliant, Executive Director, Google.org
* Owen Byrd, President, Byrd Development
* John Chisholm, Chairman & CEO, CustomerSat, Inc.
* Barry Cinnamon, CEO, Akeena Solar
* Tod Cohen, Vice President and Deputy General Council, Government Relations, eBay Inc.
* LaDoris Cordell, Administrator, Stanford University
* Sue Decker, President, Yahoo! Inc.
* Jack Dorsey, Chairman, Twitter
* David Drummond, SVP, Corporate Development & Chief Legal Officer, Google, Inc.
* Donna Dubinsky, CEO, Numenta, Inc.
* Alan Eustace, SVP, Engineering and Research, Google, Inc.
* Naomi Fine, President & CEO, Pro-Tec Data, Inc.
* Rachel Glaser COO/CFO, Reunion.com
* Carl Guardino, President & CEO, Silicon Valley Leadership Group
* Andre Haddad, CEO, Shopping.com
* Jeff Hawkins, co-Founder Palm, Handspring, and Numenta
* David Karnstedt, Investor
* Scott Kaspick, Managing Director, Kaspick & Co.
* Steve Kirsch, Serial Entrepreneur
* John Koza, CEO, Third Millennium
* Ross LaJeunesse, Head of State Policy Western US, Google, Inc.
* Gary Lauder, Managing Partner, Lauder Partners Venture Capital
* Laura Lauder, General Partner, Lauder Partners Venture Capital
* Len Lehman, Investor
* Dan’l Lewin, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Corporation
* John Luongo, Former CEO, Vantive Corporation
* Roger McNamee, Managing Director & co-Founder, Elevation Partners
* Ken McNeely, President, AT&T California
* Michael Moritz, Partner, Sequoia Capital
* Susan Packard Orr, CEO, Telosa Software, Inc.
* Randy Pond, Executive Vice President, Cisco Systems, Inc.
* Amy Rao, Founder & CEO, Integrated Archive Systems
* Jana Rich, Managing Director, Russell Reynolds
* Miriam Rivera, Former Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Google, Inc.
* John Roos, CEO, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
* Jonathan Rosenberg, SVP, Product Management, Google, Inc.
* Dan Rosensweig, Investor
* Dan Rubin, Partner, Alloy Ventures
* Hilary Schneider, Executive Vice President US Region, Yahoo! Inc.
* Len Shustek, Chairman, Computer History Museum
* Jeff Skoll, Former President, eBay Inc.
* Stephanie Tilenius, SVP, eBay North America
* Joy Weiss, President & CEO, Dust Networks
* Steve Westly, former California State Controller & former SVP eBay Inc.
* Evan Williams, CEO, Twitter
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Civil Rights Organizations
* ACLU Northern California
* ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties
* ACLU Santa Barbara Chapter
* ACLU of Southern California
* Anti-Defamation League Southern California
* Asian Pacific Islander (API) Equality
* Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California
* Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA)
* California NAACP
* Equality California
* Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
* Greater Sacramento Urban League
* Japanese American Citizens League
* Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF)
* NAACP – Oakland Branch
* Organization of Chinese Americans – Orange County Chapter
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Labor Organizations
* AFSCME California PEOPLE
* California Federation of Teachers
* California Labor Federation
* California Nurses Association
* California Teachers Association
* Communication Workers of America District 9
* San Francisco Deputy Sheriffs’ Association
* Screen Actors Guild Hollywood Division
* SEIU California State Council
* United Farm Workers
* UNITE HERE!
* United Teachers of Los Angeles
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Faith Based Organizations
* Affirming Spirits of the First Congregational United Church of Christ
* All Saints Episcopal Church
* Altadena Community Church United Church of Christ
* Apple Seed Friends Meeting
* Berkeley Fellowship Unitarian Universalists
* Beth Chayim Chadashim (BCC)
* Beth El Congregation
* Bloom in the Desert Ministries UCC/Methodist
* Board of Rabbis of Southern California
* Board of Trustees, Unitarian Universalist Church of Ventura
* California Church IMPACT
* California-Nevada Chapter of the Methodist Federation for Social Action (MFSA)
* Call to Action / USA
* Catholic Democrats of California
* California Faith for Equality
* Christ Chapel Metropolitan Community Church
* Church of the Foothills
* Claremont United Methodist Church
* Clergy and Laity for Economic Justice Santa Barbara
* Clergy United, Inc.
* College Community Congregational Church, UCC
* Community Church of Atascadero, UCC
* Conejo Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
* Congregation Beth Am
* Congregation Bet Haverim
* Congregation Beth El
* Congregation Church of Belmont UCC
* Congregation Kol Ami
* Council of Churches of Santa Clara County
* The Ecumenical Catholic Church
* Elk Grove United Methodist Church
* The Episcopal Diocese of California
* Fair Oaks United Methodist Church
* First Congregational Church, Riverside
* First Congregational United Church of Christ
* First Presbyterian Church of Palo Alto
* First Unitarian-Universalist Church of San Diego
* Golden Gate Association of the Northern California Nevada Conference of the United Church of Christ
* Hollywood Lutheran Church
* Immanuel Presbyterian Church
* Institute for Judaism and Sexual Orientation
* Interfaith Clergy Coalition
* Irvine United Congregational Church, UCC
* Jewish Community Relations Council SF, the Peninsula, Marin, Sonoma, Alameda and Contra Costa Counties
* Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles
* LGBTQI Interfaith Clergy Council of Los Angeles
* Lutherans Concerned – Los Angeles
* Lutherans Concerned – North America
* Metropolitan Community Church of the Coachella Valley
* Metropolitan Community Church Los Angeles
* Metropolitan Community Church of San Francisco
* Metropolitan Community Church – Region 6
* Metropolitan Community Church in the Valley
* Ministry in Action Commission, St. Mark’s United Methodist Church
* Mira Vista United Church of Christ
* Mission Hills United Church of Christ
* Mormons for Marriage
* Mount Diablo Unitarian Universalist Church
* Northern California Nevada Conference United Church of Christ
* Orange Coast Unitarian Universalist Church
* Pacific Association of Reform Rabbis
* Pacific Central District of the Unitarian Universalist Association
* Pacific School of Religion
* Pacific Southwest District, Unitarian Universalist Association
* Palomar Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
* Pilgrim United Church of Christ of Carlsbad
* Progressive Jewish Alliance
* Redlands United Church of Christ
* Region One Metropolitan Community Church
* Sacramento Call to Action
* Saint Aidan’s Episcopal Church
* Saint Paul Lutheran Church
* San Marino Congressional UCC
* Sepulveda Unitarian Universalist Society
* Social Justice Committee, Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara
* Starr King School for the Ministry
* Starr King Unitarian Universalist Church
* St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church
* St. John’s Presbyterian Church
* St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
* St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church
* Stone Church of Willow Glen
* Temple Adat Shalom
* Temple Isaiah
* The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion
* The Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist
* The Metropolitan Community Church of San Diego
* The Southern California Nevada Conference of the United Church of Christ
* The Workmen’s Circle – Arbeter Ring
* Union for Reform Judaism – Pacific Southwest Council
* Union for Reform Judaism – Pacific Central West Council
* Unitarian Universalist Church in Anaheim
* Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley
* Unitarian Universalist Church of Davis
* Unitarian Universalist Church of Fresno
* Unitarian Universalist Church of Long Beach
* Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto
* Unitarian Universalist Church of Santa Monica
* Unitarian Universalist Church of Studio City
* Unitarian Universalist Church of Ventura
* Unitarian Universalist Community of the Mountains
* Unitarian Universalist Community Church – Sacramento
* Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Marin
* Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Santa Rosa
* Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Los Gatos
* Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of San Dieguito
* Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of San Louis Obispo County, Board of Trustees
* Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Stanislaus County
* Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Tuolmne County
* Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Visalia
* Unitarian Universalist Laguna Beach – Board of Trustees
* Unitarian Universalist Legislative Ministry Action Network
* Unitarian Universalist Legislative Ministry, CA
* Unitarian Universalist of Santa Clarita Valley
* Unitarian Universalist Society of Sacramento
* United Methodist Church of Davis
* Valley Ministries MCC
* WeHoChurch
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Community Based Organizations
* AIDS Emergency Fund
* API Equality LA
* API Equality SF
* Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area
* Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice
* Asian and Pacific Islander Family Pride
* Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom
* Billy DeFrank Lesbian & Gay Community Center – San Jose
* Black AIDS Institute
* Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry
* Chinese Rainbow Association
* Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of LA (CHIRLA)
* ElderHelp of San Diego/Aging As Ourselves
* Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
* Equality Federation
* Family Equality Council
* Freemont Alliance for a Hate-Free Community
* Gay and Lesbian Alliance of the Central Coast (GALA)
* Humanist Society of Santa Barbara
* Jordan/Rustin Coalition
* Justice Matters
* Latino Coalition for Justice – LA
* Los Angeles County Bar Association
* Los Angeles County Psychological Association
* L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center
* Lesbian and Gay Lawyers Association of Los Angeles
* Mexican American Concilio of Yolo County
* National Council of Jewish Women Los Angeles
* Network on Religion and Justice for Asian and Pacific Islander LGBT
* Pacific Center
* Pacific Pride Center – Santa Barbara
* Sacramento Gay and Lesbian Center
* San Diego LGBT Community Center
* San Diego LGBT Pride
* San Diego Psychological Association
* San Francisco AIDS Foundation
* San Francisco Human Services Network
* San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center
* Santa Barbara County Psychological Association
* Sonoma County Pride Committee
* Sonoma State University Academic Senate
* South Asian Bar Association of Northern California
* South Bay LGBT Center
* Southern California HIV Advocacy Coalition (SCHAC)
* Southern California Lambda Medical Association
* Southern California Psychiatric Society
* Stanislaus PRIDE Center
* The Center Advocacy Project San Diego
* The One Love Campaign
* Trans Equality
* USC Medical Gay and Lesbian Organization (USC MedGLO) LA
* Ventura County Rainbow Alliance
* The Wall Las Memorias
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Statewide Organizations
* Bienestar
* California Academy of Family Physicians
* California American Academy of Pediatrics, California
* California Faculty Association
* California Minority Counsel Program
* California National Organization for Women (NOW)
* California Psychiatric Association
* California Psychological Association
* Gay-Straight Alliance Network
* Lambda Legal
* Latino Issues Forum
* League of Women Voters of California
* Liberty Hill Foundation
* National Association of Social Workers, CA Chapter
* National Council of Jewish Women California
* Pacific Coast College Health Association
* Women’s Foundation of California
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National Organizations
* American Jewish Committee Western Region
* American Medical Student Association
* Association of Counseling Center Training Agencies
* Children of Lesbian and Gays Everywhere
* Feminist Majority Foundation
* Gray Panthers
* Green For All
* Hispanic National Bar Association
* Human Rights Campaign
* Human Rights Watch
* Marriage Equality USA
* Mexican American Bar Association
* National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
* National Black Justice Coalition
* National Black Police Association
* National Center for Lesbian Rights
* National Congress of Black Women
* National Council of Jewish Women
* National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
* Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PLAG)
* People for the American Way
* Zuna Institute
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Political Groups and Organizations
* Bayard Rustin LGBT Coalition PAC
* Black American Political Association of California
* California Democratic Party
* California Young Democrats
* Courage Campaign
* Del Mar/Carmel Valley Democratic Club
* Democracy for America
* Democratic Alliance for Action
* Democratic Club of San Jose State University
* Democratic Women’s Forum of San Francisco
* Democrats for Israel Los Angeles
* Democrats of Rossmoor
* Elections Committee of the County of Orange-ECCO
* Escondido Democratic Club
* Foothill Community Democrats
* Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund
* Green Party
* Honor PAC
* Irish American Democratic Club
* Lake County Democratic Club
* Libertarian Party of California
* Log Cabin Republicans California
* Los Angeles African American Women Political Action Committee
* Los Angeles County Democratic Party
* NARAL Pro Choice California Privacy PAC
* Northeast Democratic Club
* Owens River Democratic Club
* Planned Parenthood Action Fund
* Potrero Hill Democratic Club
* Poway Democratic Club
* Progressive Democrats of America, Monterey County
* Rancho North Coast Democratic Club
* San Diego Democratic Women’s Club
* San Mateo County Democracy for America
* Santee Democratic Club
* Silicon Valley Young Democrats
* Stonewall Democrats California
* Stonewall Democrats of Ventura County
* Stonewall Young Democrats
* The Lake County Stonewall Democratic Club
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Elected Officials
* United States Senator Barbara Boxer
* United States Senator Dianne Feinstein
* United States Representative Howard Berman
* United States Representative Lois Capps
* United States Representative Susan Davis
* United States Representative Mike Honda
* United States Representative Barbara Lee
* United States Representative Lucille Roybal-Allard
* United States Representative Linda Sanchez
* United States Representative Adam B. Schiff
* United States Representative Brad Sherman
* United States Representative Hilda L. Solis
* United States Representative Jackie Speier
* United States Representative Pete Stark
* United States Representative Ellen Tauscher
* United States Representative Mike Thompson
* United States Representative Henry Waxman
* United States Representative Lynn Woolsey
* California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
* California Lt. Governor John Garamendi
* California State Controller John Chiang
* California State Board of Equalization Chair Judy Chu
* California State Board of Equalization Vice Chair Betty T. Yee
* California State Senate President pro Tempore Don Perata
* California State Senate Majority Leader Gloria Romero
* California State Senator Ron Calderon
* California State Senator Gilbert Cedillo
* California State Senator Ellen Corbett
* California State Senator Lou Correa
* California State Senator Denis Moreno Ducheny
* California State Senator Sheila Kuehl
* California State Senator Carole Migden
* California State Senator Jenny Oropeza
* California State Senator Alex Padilla
* California State Senator Mark Ridley-Thomas
* California State Senator Jack Scott
* California State Senator Patricia Wiggins
* California Sate Senator Leland Yee
* California State Senator Elaine Alquist
* California State Senator Christine Kehoe
* California State Senator Alan Lowenthal
* California State Senator Darrell Steinberg
* California State Senator Tom Torlakson
* California Assembly Speaker Karen Bass
* California Speaker Emeritus Fabian Nuñez
* California Assembly Majority Leader Alberto Torrico
* California Assembly Assistant Majority Leader Kevin de Leon
* California Assembly Majority Whip Fiona Ma
* California Assembly Speaker pro Tempore Sally Lieber
* California Assemblymember Jim Beall
* California Assemblymember Patty Berg
* California Assemblymember Julia Brownley
* California Assemblymember Anna Caballero
* California Assemblymember Charles Calderon
* California Assemblymember Joe Coto
* California Assemblymember Mike Davis
* California Assemblymember Mark DeSaulnier
* California Assemblymember Mervyn Dymally
* California Assemblymember Mike Eng
* California Assemblymember Noreen Evans
* California Assemblymember Mike Feuer
* California Assemblymember Felipe Fuentes
* California Assemblymember Warren Furutani
* California Assemblymember Loni Hancock
* California Assemblymember Mary Hayashi
* California Assemblymember Ed Hernandez
* California Assemblymember Jared Huffman
* California Assemblymember Dave Jones
* California Assemblymember Betty Karnette
* California Assemblymember Paul Krekorian
* California Assemblymember John Laird
* California Assemblymember Mark Leno
* California Assemblymember Lloyd Levine
* California Assemblymember Ted Liu
* California Assemblymember Tony Mendoza
* California Assemblymember Gene Mullin
* California Assemblymember Pedro Nava
* California Assemblymember Fabian Nunez
* California Assemblymember Anthony Portantino
* California Assemblymember Curren Price, Jr.
* California Assemblymember Ira Ruskin
* California Assemblymember Mary Salas
* California Assemblymember Lori Saldana
* California Assemblymember Sandre Swanson
* California Assemblymember Lois Wolk
* County of Calaveras Supervisor Chair Steve Wilensky
* County of Los Angeles Supervisor Yvonne B. Burke
* County of Los Angeles Supervisor Gloria Molina
* County of Los Angeles Supervisor
* County of Marin Supervisor Susan L. Adams, Ph.D
* County of Marin Supervisor Charles McGlasman
* County of Monterey Supervisor Elect Jane Parker
* County of Monterey Supervisor Dave Potter
* County of Sacramento Supervisor Roger Dickenson
* City and County of San Francisco Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier
* City and County of San Francisco Supervisor Tom Ammiano
* City and County of San Francisco Supervisor Bevan Dufty
* City and County of San Francisco Supervisor Sophie Maxwell
* County of San Luis Obispo Supervisor Elect Adam Hill
* County of Santa Barbara Supervisor Salud O. Carbajal
* County of Yolo Clerk/Recorder Freddie Oakley
* County of Yolo Supervisor Elect Jim Prozenza
* County of Yolo Supervisor Helen Thomson
* County of Yolo Supervisor Mariko Yamada
* City of Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates
* City of Davis Mayor Ruth Asmundson
* City of Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums
* City of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
* City and County of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom
* City of Sacramento Mayor Heather Fargo
* City of San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders
* County of Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca
* City of Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo
* City and County of San Francisco Treasurer Jose Cisneros
* City and County of San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera
* City and County of San Francisco Sheriff Michael Hennessey
* County of Yolo Sheriff Ed Prieto
* County of Humboldt District Attorney Paul V. Gallegos
* City of Avalon Councilmember Michael Ponce
* City of Clearlake Councilmember Joyce Overton
* City of Davis Councilmember Sue Greenwald
* City of Davis Lamar Heystek
* City of Davis Councilmember Don Saylor
* City of Davis Councilmember Stephen Souza
* City of Laguna Beach Councilmember Jane Egly
* City of Long Beach Councilmember Bonnie Lowenthal
* City of Long Beach Councilmember Tonia Reyes Uranga
* City of Los Angeles City Council President Eric Garcetti
* City of Los Angeles Councilmember Jose Huizar
* City of Milpitas Councilmember Armando Gomez
* City of Norwalk Councilmember Jesse M. Luera
* City of Sacramento Councilmember Rob Fong
* City of Sacramento Councilmember Lauren Hammond
* City of Sacramento Councilmember Kevin McCarty
* City of Sacramento Ray Tretheway
* City of Sacramento Vice Mayor Steve Cohn
* City of San Diego Councilmember Toni Atkins
* City of San Diego Councilmember Jim Madaffer
* City of Santa Ana Councilmember Michele Martinez
* City of Santa Barbara Councilmember Roger Horton
* City of Vallejo Councilmember Michael Wilson
* West Covina Mayor Pro-Tem Roger Hernandez
* City of West Hollywood Mayor Jeffrey Prang
* City of West Hollywood Mayor Pro Tem Abbe Land
* City of West Hollywood Councilmember John J. Duran
* City of Woodland Councilmember Martie Dote
* Berkeley PTA Council President Cathryn Bruno
* City College of San Francisco Trustee Milton Marks
* Davis Joint Unified School Board President Sheila Allen
* Davis Joint Unified School Board Member Richard Harris
* Duarte Board of Education Vice-President Francisco Figueroa
* Garvey School District Board Member Henry Lo
* Long Beach City College Board Trustee Roberto Uranga
* Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education President Monica Garcia
* Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education Member Tamar Galatzan
* Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education Member Julie Korenstein
* Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education Member Dr. Richard A. Vladovic
* Lynwood School Board Member José Luis Solache
* Montebello School Districts School Board Member David Vela
* Peralta Community College District Trustee Abel J. Guillén
* San Francisco Board of Education Vice-President Kim-Shree Maufas
* San Francisco Board of Education Member Hydra Mendoza
* San Francisco Board of Education Member Norman Yee
* San Leandro Unified School District Trustee Mike Katz-Larabe
* Sonoma Valley Unified School District School Board Trustee Nicole Abate Ducarroz
* Southwestern Community College District Governing Board Member Terri Valladolid
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The No on 8 campaign includes:
* ACLU of Northern California
* ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties
* ACLU of Southern California
* American Institute of Bisexuality
* Anti-Defamation League
* Asian & Pacific Islander Equality
* Asian & Pacific Islander Equality-Los Angeles
* Asian & Pacific Islander Equality-San Francisco
* Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California
* Barbara Jordan / Bayard Rustin Coalition
* Bienestar
* Billy DeFrank Lesbian & Gay Community Center (San Jose)
* Black AIDS Institute
* CAA Chinese for Affirmative Action
* California Faith for Equality
* California NAACP
* California NOW
* The Center Advocacy Project (San Diego)
* Children of Lesbian and Gays Everywhere (COLAGE)
* Congregation Kol Ami
* Courage Campaign
* Equality California
* Family Equality Council
* Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
* Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund
* Gay And Lesbian Alliance of the Central Coast (GALA)
* GSA Network
* Human Rights Campaign
* Jordan Rustin Coalition
* L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center
* Lambda Legal
* Latino Coalition for Justice-Los Angeles
* Libertarian Party of California
* Liberty Hill Foundation
* Log Cabin Republicans-California
* Love, Honor, Cherish
* Marriage Equality USA
* Metropolitan Community Church of Los Angeles
* National Black Justice Coalition
* National Center for Lesbian Rights
* National Council of Jewish Women
* National Council of Jewish Women California
* National Council of Jewish Women Los Angeles
* National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
* Our Family Coalition
* Pacific Center
* Pacific Pride Center (Santa Barbara)
* PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays)
* Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California
* Pride At Work
* The Progressive Project
* Republicans Against 8
* San Diego LGBT Community Center
* San Francisco LGBT Community Center
* Santa Cruz County No on 8
* Stonewall Democrats’ California
* Trans Equality LA
* Unitarian Universalist Legislative Ministry Action Network
* The Wall Las Memorias
* Zuna Institute
I have read that some of these companies received certified letters from the Yes on 8 campaign that they would be publicly "outed" for their support (http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2...487/666/641071.
That's extortion to me. Whenever I have the choice, I'll make sure to support and thank these businesses. Although I had my Mac, iPod and iPhone along with AT&T service before Prop 8 was defeated, I'm really happy to know that they care! :) |
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| quote: | Originally posted by in2muzikk
I have read that some of these companies received certified letters from the Yes on 8 campaign that they would be publicly "outed" for their support (http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2...487/666/641071.
That's extortion to me. Whenever I have the choice, I'll make sure to support and thank these businesses. Although I had my Mac, iPod and iPhone along with AT&T service before Prop 8 was defeated, I'm really happy to know that they care! :) |
Your right. I posted this earlier in the thread.......
I understand and respect the views of some of the people whom oppose "no on prop 8." But it's this kind of stuff that upsets me. You want to talk about pushing your beliefs? Check this out. This is an e-mail from a committee member on the board for "No on Prop 8." They are actually doing this...or trying to at least.
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If lies don't work, then maybe threats and blackmail will.
Yesterday, donors and supporters of Equality California began receiving threatening letters for their support of the statewide organizations efforts to protect LGBT youth and seniors from the "Yes on 8" campaign leadership.
These letters threatened to "expose" the donors listed on Equality California's website if they don't donate to the "Yes on 8" campaign and refrain from supporting LGBT equality in the future.
That's how low the other side is willing to go.
In any other circumstance I would characterize this despicable strategy as sad -- but we are in the fight of lives here in California.
So, will you stand with us? Will you make a donation to support equality?
Will you show that you won't be intimidated by their threats or lies?
Make a donation today to show the other side that we will not go back to the closet of inequality.
The letter, sent on their campaign letterhead, was signed by four members of the group's executive committee and suggests our donors withdraw their support for their own good. It demands an equivalent donation or else:
"Were you to elect not to donate comparably, it would be a clear indication that you are in opposition to traditional marriage. You would leave us no other reasonable assumption. The names of any companies...that choose not to donate...to ProtectMarriage.com...will be published.
...We will contact you shortly to discuss your contribution."
This outrageous attempt to raise money by using threats reveals their true agenda: permanently to harm the LGBT community, our organizations, our allies and our supporters.
Donate now and send a message to the other side -- We reject your effort to intimidate us, and we reject your shameful lies. We will fight to protect our freedom.
Please forward this message to everyone you know, and ask them to stand with us too.
We will not give in to these un-American ways of bullying and lies. We call on all Californians to reject these McCarthy-like tactics.
In solidarity,
Geoff Kors
Executive Committee Member
No On 8 |
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| in2muzikk |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Reese
"Were you to elect not to donate comparably, it would be a clear indication that you are in opposition to traditional marriage. You would leave us no other reasonable assumption. The names of any companies...that choose not to donate...to ProtectMarriage.com...will be published. |
Have you seen this list anywhere? The endorsements page of ProtectMarriage.com only had a running tally of the votes for and against Prop 8. I'd like to see a comprehensive list of the companies that supported Yes on Prop 8 so that I can make informed choices about who to do business with! :D |
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| selfEvolution |
A few more things I would like to add from the perspective of Psychology and Sociology:
In interviewing case studies on "homophobia" and hatred towards NONheterosexuals, including interviews with my own brothers and friends on the matter: When I question them about why they have little tolerance for people who are sexually different from themselves, the word "disgusting" often pops up.
But of course "disgust" comes only from our thoughts and our thinking about what others do in the privacy of their own sexual lives. We don't have to think about it. Either we have sovereignty over our own thoughts and feelings OR we give our power to others. That's emotionally and intellectually weak. Short of physical force, no one's exterior can effect our interior without our permission.
We have to remember that one of the reasons it was against the law for "blacks" to marry "whites" was because of hatred born in part from disgust, fear and prejudice. Human emotions are often far more complex then they seem, even to the point that many humans don't know exactly why they feel certain ways about certain things.
Even if a couple kisses in public, it's still a matter of whether we allow an exterior to effect our interior. There are a lot of "disgusting" things that Heterosexuals do in their bedrooms (I've read Hustler and Playboy most of my adult life)and some people might find obese or old people "kissing in public" to be disgusting. I find it beautiful - but either way I take responsibility for my feelings and I don't blame them on minorities just for being "different" than an often cruel majority.
As often the case, Keith Olbermann took the words right out of my mouth:
"This is about the human heart, and if that sounds corny, so be it.
If you voted for Proposition 8 or support those who did or the sentiment they expressed, I have some questions, because, truly, I do not understand. Why does this matter to you? What is it to you? In a time of impermanence and fly-by-night relationships, these people over here want the same chance at permanence and happiness that is your option. They don't want to deny you yours. They don't want to take anything away from you. They want what you want—a chance to be a little less alone in the world.
Only now you are saying to them—no. You can't have it on these terms. Maybe something similar. If they behave. If they don't cause too much trouble. You'll even give them all the same legal rights—even as you're taking away the legal right, which they already had. A world around them, still anchored in love and marriage, and you are saying, no, you can't marry. What if somebody passed a law that said you couldn't marry?
I keep hearing this term "re-defining" marriage. If this country hadn't re-defined marriage, black people still couldn't marry white people. Sixteen states had laws on the books which made that illegal in 1967. 1967.
The parents of the President-Elect of the United States couldn't have married in nearly one third of the states of the country their son grew up to lead. But it's worse than that. If this country had not "re-defined" marriage, some black people still couldn't marry black people. It is one of the most overlooked and cruelest parts of our sad story of slavery. Marriages were not legally recognized, if the people were slaves. Since slaves were property, they could not legally be husband and wife, or mother and child. Their marriage vows were different: not "Until Death, Do You Part," but "Until Death or Distance, Do You Part." Marriages among slaves were not legally recognized.
You know, just like marriages today in California are not legally recognized, if the people are gay.
And uncountable in our history are the number of men and women, forced by society into marrying the opposite sex, in sham marriages, or marriages of convenience, or just marriages of not knowing, centuries of men and women who have lived their lives in shame and unhappiness, and who have, through a lie to themselves or others, broken countless other lives, of spouses and children, all because we said a man couldn't marry another man, or a woman couldn't marry another woman. The sanctity of marriage.
How many marriages like that have there been and how on earth do they increase the "sanctity" of marriage rather than render the term, meaningless?
What is this, to you? Nobody is asking you to embrace their expression of love. But don't you, as human beings, have to embrace... that love? The world is barren enough.
It is stacked against love, and against hope, and against those very few and precious emotions that enable us to go forward. Your marriage only stands a 50-50 chance of lasting, no matter how much you feel and how hard you work.
And here are people overjoyed at the prospect of just that chance, and that work, just for the hope of having that feeling. With so much hate in the world, with so much meaningless division, and people pitted against people for no good reason, this is what your religion tells you to do? With your experience of life and this world and all its sadnesses, this is what your conscience tells you to do?
With your knowledge that life, with endless vigor, seems to tilt the playing field on which we all live, in favor of unhappiness and hate... this is what your heart tells you to do? You want to sanctify marriage? You want to honor your God and the universal love you believe he represents? Then Spread happiness—this tiny, symbolic, semantical grain of happiness—share it with all those who seek it. Quote me anything from your religious leader or book of choice telling you to stand against this. And then tell me how you can believe both that statement and another statement, another one which reads only "do unto others as you would have them do unto you."
You are asked now, by your country, and perhaps by your creator, to stand on one side or another. You are asked now to stand, not on a question of politics, not on a question of religion, not on a question of gay or straight. You are asked now to stand, on a question of love. All you need do is stand, and let the tiny ember of love meet its own fate.
You don't have to help it, you don't have it applaud it, you don't have to fight for it. Just don't put it out. Just don't extinguish it. Because while it may at first look like that love is between two people you don't know and you don't understand and maybe you don't even want to know. It is, in fact, the ember of your love, for your fellow person just because this is the only world we have. And the other guy counts, too.
This is the second time in ten days I find myself concluding by turning to, of all things, the closing plea for mercy by Clarence Darrow in a murder trial.
But what he said, fits what is really at the heart of this:"
"I was reading last night of the aspiration of the old Persian poet, Omar-Khayyam," he told the judge. It appealed to me as the highest that I can vision. I wish it was in my heart, and I wish it was in the hearts of all: So I be written in the Book of Love; I do not care about that Book above. Erase my name, or write it as you will, So I be written in the Book of Love."
- Keith Olbermann, MSNBC
And to quote myself (because usually the only other person who will is my Mommy) -
"Throughout history, those majorities who beat down equality like a bunch of thugs with cavemen clubs, often find it's a matter of time before minorities band together with bigger clubs of truth and justice. If that was not so, civilization would not be here today."
- Chris Aable "What is Self-Evolution?" |
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| T.A.S.D. |
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Whaaa, Keith Overman, Whaaa. Crying and sniveling in typical libtard fashion like a linguini spined baby. Now don't get me wrong, I voted against prop 8 (tried to help ya there R!ch) but give me a friggin break. Goes to show how insecure and desperate for attention libtards are. Overman speaks of all this "love" that it's only validated if the government recognizes it. And legal trusts, DPOA, DPOHA and creative tax work doesn't discrimminate against sex. So, sorry, the argument has been debunked. |
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| selfEvolution |
| Thanks for posting the video - Keith Olbermann's oral speech was almost in perfect sync with his written one. He, a straight man, is more passionate about NONheterosexual human rights than many of my gay, bi and lesbian friends. I guess after years of getting beaten down both physically and verbally, many of them give up in despair. I know of too many who have committed suicide - not because of who they are, but because how they were treated for being who they are. |
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| skizzell |
Adding to the list of pro-Prop 8 donors:
http://antigayblacklist.com/
An extensive list of names, their companies and donation amounts. Very sad. |
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| selfEvolution |
| quote: | Originally posted by T.A.S.D.
Whaaa, Keith Overman, Whaaa. Crying and sniveling in typical libtard fashion like a linguini spined baby. Now don't get me wrong, I voted against prop 8 (tried to help ya there R!ch) but give me a friggin break. Goes to show how insecure and desperate for attention libtards are. Overman speaks of all this "love" that it's only validated if the government recognizes it. And legal trusts, DPOA, DPOHA and creative tax work doesn't discriminate against sex. So, sorry, the argument has been debunked. |
If you're so pro "gay marriage" why do you spend so much time degrading and trying to "debunk" others who are also?
Olbermann was clearly not "crying" nor "sniveling" as if that is a weakness.... compassion of any kind towards anyone is never a weakness. Further, if Olbermann really wanted "attention" he would root for a majority, not a 6% minority. Interesting how some people will lecture about hate and lies and then show their own, with labels such as "overman" and "libtard" - for doing no less standing up FOR a minority - the opposite of skinheads and neo-nazies. He graduated at the top of his class, far ahead of the likes of Bill O'Reilly. Still further, Olbermann never mentioned a word about taxes.
Nevertheless, THAT argument has *not* "been debunked" - As In2Musik (an accountant) pointed out several times in this forum and others, domestic Partners do not have the same tax benefits as married couples, and visitation rights from the biological family trumps the rights of any domestic partner. |
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| zerotonin79 |
| quote: | | Originally posted by selfEvolution for doing no less standing up FOR a minority - the opposite of skinheads and neo-nazies. |
you're an idiot.
you actually think that skinheads and neo-nazis are the MAJORITY in California?????
no, the people that voted for prop 8 were blacks (7/10) and mexicans (majority).
that is widely considered the difference maker as to why the prop passed.
read up before you let your own stereotypes permeate your posts. :rolleyes: |
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| skizzell |
| quote: | Originally posted by zerotonin79
no, the people that voted for prop 8 were blacks (7/10) and mexicans (majority).
that is widely considered the difference maker as to why the prop passed.
read up before you let your own stereotypes permeate your posts. :rolleyes: |
Oh the irony. ;)
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/polls/#CAI01p1
Last I checked, Latinos (nor combined with Blacks) were not the voting majority in California. :stongue:
They only made up 28% of the total vote. That's not nearly enough to win the Yes vote by themselves. |
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| zerotonin79 |
| quote: | Originally posted by skizzell
Oh the irony. ;)
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/polls/#CAI01p1
Last I checked, Latinos (nor combined with Blacks) were not the voting majority in California. :stongue:
They only made up 28% of the total vote. That's not nearly enough to win the Yes vote by themselves. |
err, but less than half of whites voted for prop 8....
Vote by Race
Total
Yes
No
White (63%)
49%
51%
African-American (10%)
70%
30%
Latino (18%)
53%
47%
Asian (6%)
49%
51%
Other (3%)
51%
49%
so yeah, neo nazis and skinheads LOL |
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