Friday, November 14, 2008

Donations to Proposition 8

I took the available information from the Secretary of State's website (current as of 10/18/2008) and put together the following table regarding the donations for and against Proposition 8:

FOR



PROTECTMARRIAGE.COM,
A PROJECT OF CALIFORNIA RENEWAL

$27,931,044.63

NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MARRIAGE CALIFORNIA - YES ON 8, SPONSORED BY NATIONAL

ORGANIZATION FOR MARRIAGE

$1,825,657.97
YES ON PROPOSITION 8, SPONSORED BY CAPITOL RESOURCE FAMILY IMPACT
$71,383.88

CALIFORNIANS FOR MARRIAGE, YES ON PROPOSITION 8, SPONSORED BY THE ALLIANCE FOR MARRIAGE FOUNDATION

$7,530.00

TOTAL FOR PROPOSITION 8


$29,835,616.48



AGAINST



NO ON 8, EQUALITY FOR ALL
$26,683,254.71

NO ON 8 - EQUALITY CALIFORNIA

$10,703,984.18

LOG CABIN REPUBLICANS AGAINST 8

$67,593.86

HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN CALIFORNIA MARRIAGE PAC - NO ON PROP 8

$3,260,724.75

NO ON PROPOSITION 8, CAMPAIGN FOR MARRIAGE EQUALITY, A PROJECT OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL
LIBERTIES UNION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA


$1,586,081.26

NO ON 8 - MARRIAGE EQUALITY USA



$59,432.74

NO ON 8, NATIONAL CENTER FOR LESBIAN RIGHTS SOCIAL JUSTICE FUND

$482,107.65

CALIFORNIANS AGAINST ELIMINATING BASIC RIGHTS, NO ON PROP. 8

$447,848.52

TASK FORCE CALIFORNIA COMMITTEE - NO ON 8 - SPONSORED BY THE NATIONAL GAY AND LESBIAN TASK FORCE FOUNDATION/ACTION FUND

$271,350.98

TOTAL AGAINST

$43,562,378.65


So the No Crowd raised 46% more than the Yes on 8 Crowd and they are complaining that Mormon money is what tipped the scales. You may need to reassess that argument.

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