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Monday, February 13, 2012

Gay Marriage If You Really Want Marriage Equality in Washington, Then Pull Out Your Wallet

Posted by Dominic Holden on Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 3:24 PM

Donate now to Washington United for Marriage.

The other side has the Knights of Columbus, the National Organization for Marriage, Opus Dei, and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. All of them will be opening their wallets—wicking millions of dollars in member dues and collection plate revenue from across America—and siphoning that cash into Washington State to repeal same-sex marriage. Just as in Maine, New York, and California, they're preparing right now to unleash a Biblical flood of television advertisements, radio ads, and glossy mailers to scare the shit out of moderate voters with hateful anti-gay propaganda.

They don't want Washington to be the first state to uphold marriage equality at the ballot. Every time marriage has been passed, it's been by a legislature or a court. But every it's been repealed—until now, hopefully—it's been by voters listening to their well-heeled campaigns.

Don't let them win.

Our side—the marriage equality side—doesn't have a centuries-in-the making hierarchical Catholic church, or Mormon Church, or unscrupulous front organizations brimming with cash. Marriage equality just has us. With polls showing that 55 percent of voters would uphold marriage in a referendum, this election is ours to lose if we don't play ball. That means our own expensive flood of commercials and glossy mailers that tell our stories of loving relationships.

Give $50, $100, $1,000, $10,000.

DONATE HERE.

Comments (19) RSS

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Done.

Posted by Baconcat on February 13, 2012 at 3:27 PM

Done.

Posted by LMcGuff

on February 13, 2012 at 3:52 PM

Me too!

Posted by Luckier on February 13, 2012 at 3:54 PM

Done. Pledged monthly.

Posted by virtuosobob on February 13, 2012 at 3:56 PM

And done.

Posted by laurax on February 13, 2012 at 4:04 PM

You could also quit donating money to Catholic, Mormon and many Christian churches - even self-proclaimed "nice, progressive ones" - which funnel those contributions into political efforts to selectively erase civil rights for gay and lesbian families...

Defund the haters : )

Posted by Oregon Bill on February 13, 2012 at 4:20 PM

Done.

And to the Catholic Church--I'll stay the fuck out of your health insurance plan if you stay the fuck out of my state's initiative process, deal?

No?

Well fuck you, then.

Posted by bleedingheartlibertarian on February 13, 2012 at 4:26 PM

Done! Watched the Governor's signing ceremony on TVW this morning and am going to a celebration tonight. Then getting to work on Decline to Sign (the referendum).

Posted by sweetleopardess on February 13, 2012 at 4:38 PM

Done - @4, I looked for a nice recurring pledge button in vain. I've calendared reminders though - good idea.

Posted by gloomy gus on February 13, 2012 at 4:47 PM

DONE! And Dominic POST THIS EVERY SINGLE DAY!! Don't let this fall off the radar so to speak.

Posted by Cato the Younger Younger on February 13, 2012 at 5:17 PM

In for 50 from NYC

Posted by chris in nyc on February 13, 2012 at 6:02 PM

Sending my dirty out-of-state money right now.

Posted by john t on February 13, 2012 at 6:24 PM

Have been. Will continue. I love my neighbors.

Posted by kim in portland

on February 13, 2012 at 7:38 PM

Done, last week, and will continue to do. And there are other ways to help, too - phone banking, stuffing envelopes - every bit matters.

Posted by Quincent on February 13, 2012 at 7:45 PM

Donated.

Posted by Bub on February 13, 2012 at 7:53 PM

Done- Dominic, can you keep us up to date on any other opportunities that come up to fight the good fight on this?

Posted by Kumquat on February 13, 2012 at 8:31 PM

100 bucks, and I've got 17 pay periods between now and November.

Posted by internet_jen on February 13, 2012 at 9:10 PM

Thanks to this call to arms, I will. Please, spam the living crap out of this.

Posted by Ashai on February 14, 2012 at 7:00 PM

i'm excited that all i have to do to appear on the right side of history is throw some cash in! all that actual direct action was getting tiresome. click click!

Posted by maskisamirror on February 15, 2012 at 5:36 PM