Did you (or your corporation) provide any funding to support CA's Prop 8?And thus began our Twiscussion (I'm coining a lot of new words these days ...).
I'm glad to say that Jesse has not provided any funds in support of Prop 8; however, in our discussion, he raised a really good, and valid, point:
[W]hat studies have been done to show there was money against Prop 8 in SLC? I'd venture to say none that are public.I don't know about the money but I do know that there was a rally opposing Prop 8 in SLC last year.
So my fellow blogophiles, since I'm kinda spending the vast majority of my time dealing with personal and family issues, can someone else out there pick up the ball and run with this? Just how much money did come out of Salt Lake City, UT to oppose Prop 8 and how does that amount compare with the amount in support thereof?
Twiscussion: (c) 2009 by Peter C. Frank, a portmanteau of "Twitter Discussion" i.e., a discussion among individuals taking place over Web 2.0 / social networking web sites, such as the Twitter social networking web site, via (twitting) SMS-styled and lengthed messages. For example, holding a discussion via Facebook status updates, Twits on Twitter, etc.
Peter, you seem to think that LDS money had to come from Utah. About 2% of the California population is LDS, so when the Mormon elders sent out the word to donate, they (the LDS folks in CA)were *very* generous - see them crow at the website:
ReplyDeletehttp://mormonsfor8.com/
Two more observations:
ReplyDelete“About 45% of out-of-state contributions to ProtectMarriage.com came from Utah, over three times more than any other state.” According to a Wikipedia article on prop 8, which cites to an article in the San Jose Mercury News that is now “archived.”
It appears that the Mormonsfor8 website I previously noted, while originating in Utah, may have been an effort to "out" Mormon donors rather than a brag.
Try looking at the list.... on the Website http://mormonsfor8.com/
ReplyDeleteThe complete list to date is there. Including locations.....
L. Stephen, thanks for the link but ... that Mormons = huge contributors in support of Prop 8 is not really news. The question presented to me, and what I think would be interesting to know, is how much money came out of Salt Lake City OPPOSING Prop 8, vs. the amount in support of Prop 8. :)
ReplyDeleteIf these numbers come out to the sum that we're all fearing (a bit fewer than $100,000), then this is a huge Constitutional issue. We cannot allow ANY religious faction to sway political propositions, especially one that takes away the rights of others.
ReplyDeletehttp://activism.ology.com/2009/02/05/lgbt-rights-did-the-mormons-lie/
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