Community | October 08, 2008 | 14 comments

Gay marriage opponents outraise supporters in California

source: http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid63153.asp

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A just-released poll conducted by Lake Research Partners shows the yes side leading by four percentage points. Currently, 47% of voters support the banning of gay marriage in California, while 43% would vote against a ban, according to the poll.

During an "Emergency LGBT Media Briefing," Geoff Kors, executive director of Equality California and a member of the No on 8 executive committee, stated: "We are going to lose this ... if we don’t raise the money we need to compete on the airwaves."

The poll showed a major shift from recent polling results that claimed opponents of the ban, Proposition 8, had a five-point advantage among voters. The reason for the shift, Kors explained, is simple: Yes on 8 is raising more money, and its most recent ad campaign has been highly effective.

Though Lake Research Partners' Celinda Lake said studies show the No on 8 ad campaign has proved to be effective with voters, Kors said the additional money raised by Yes on 8 has allowed ban supporters to get their message out to a wider audience.

On the conference call, Smith and Kors put it a little more plainly -- No on 8 needs to raise at least $10 million in the next 28 days. That money, they say, will be used to directly combat the Yes on 8 ad campaign's strategic advantages. Smith stressed that No on 8 is having great success reaching young voters through grassroots and Internet viral marketing campaigns, but that more money is needed to compete with television advertising.
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14 comments // Gay marriage opponents outraise supporters in California

  • RCS
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      RCS  

    • Thanks again, JanaPokana, for another good post. Once again, what I would add is that if people want to see hatred and bigotry defeated, they need to go to Equality California's website at www.eqca.org and make a generous donation. Also, vote No on Proposition 8 on election day and encourage all of your decent, fair-minded friends to do the same.

    • 3 years ago
  • Commentor
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      Commentor  

    • Would someone Please explain to me how marriage inside of a "Religion" is linked to Marriage civially?

      People need right to care for each other, visit in hospitals etc. that is a legal question. They doesn't mean a perticular religion has to agree with it

    • 3 years ago
  • Twistisking
  • powerhungry
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      powerhungry  

    • We voted it down once...why do we have to revisit this again. How many times do we have to tell the CA Supremel(y Stupid) Courts NO!?

    • 3 years ago
  • cali_is_gorgeous
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      cali_is_gorgeous  
    • powerhungry:

      whats stupid about equal rights?

      someones sexual preference has absolutely no effect on you. someone being able to visit their partner in the hospital, receive health care benefits or receive the same rights of any other married couple doesn't change the way you live your life. why do you have to try and prohibit the way they want to live their life?

    • 3 years ago
  • powerhungry
  • cali_is_gorgeous
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      cali_is_gorgeous  
    • powerhungry:

      you didn't answer my question. what does giving gays equal rights do to you? how does taking away someones right to be a legal recognized partnership negatively impact you?

      hell the majority of people in Africa think fucking a virgin will cure them of AIDS...you're totally right. the majority is never wrong.

    • 3 years ago
  • powerhungry
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      powerhungry  
    • powerhungry:

      You are wrong in your argument. The majority of Africans do not think that. Small minority believe it. Thankfully it is even smaller due to the incredible amount of education going on in that country.

      To answer your question...
      I find that giving rights to a segment of our society that in my belief is a perversion, is not right.
      You may not believe the same way I do and that is why we vote on things of this nature.

      I've answered your question honestly at the expense of others that are going to ridicule me, so I would expect the same respect from you.

    • 3 years ago
  • PersonaNonGrata
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      PersonaNonGrata  

    • It's sad that these millions of dollars are invested into hating a group of people, and into self-defense. Just let people BE. If humans were smart we would be using that money to end world hunger.

    • 3 years ago
  • GreenTransman
  • menmykoko
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      menmykoko  

    • Imagine how many unfortunate people (sick, homeless, indigent, war veterans, etc.) that could benefit from the churches and "family values" people funding this incessant onslaught of a private human basic equality that Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln would have approved of. Talk about "Can't see the forest through the trees" type of thinking. Do you really think that all of the donations to these religious institutions were meant to oppress people or help them??. Churches need to be Taxed.!!!! Hopefully this new movie Religulous will show how stupid, ignorant, and crazy these fanatical and fundamental religious zealots are and how dangerous they are becoming to society. Maybe there will be a shift where nonreligious rational and empathetic people will turn the tables and question the moral and ethical acts of religious people who are obsessed with other peoples sex lives and business in general. Also, it's interesting that these are the supporters of Sarah Palin who said "Government, get out of my way" and "government has gotten to large". Typical contradictory stances as with almost every other issue they are supposedly concerned about.

    • 3 years ago
  • Yoshi1
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      Yoshi1  
    • menmykoko:

      Yes it is amazing that all of this money from religious groups is going towards fighting against equality especially when it could be going to helping the poor, hungry, etc. That doesn't even begin to cover other countries either.

    • 3 years ago
  • Yoshi1
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      Yoshi1  

    • I was so happy on the day that marriage equality was reached in California. I can't imagine how I'd feel if prop 8 was passed and all of the rights that we gained were removed. Its up to all my fellow Californians who oppose prop 8 to get the message out that prop 8 shouldn't be passed. I've already got some of the people I know to vote against it (parents, other family members, etc), but I still have work to do on that end. Anyway I just hope that everyone who is against prop 8 will work to show people that prop 8 is something that is completely unfair/discriminatory and not needed.

    • 3 years ago
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