Calif. gay marriage ban backers target businesses

[SoCalNative]

The fundies are getting desperate....

"Leaders of the campaign to outlaw same-sex marriage in California are warning businesses that have given money to the state's largest gay rights group they will be publicly identified as opponents of traditional unions unless they contribute to the gay marriage ban, too.

ProtectMarriage.com, the umbrella group behind a ballot initiative that would overturn the California Supreme Court decision that legalized gay marriage, sent a certified letter this week asking companies to withdraw their support of Equality California, a nonprofit organization that is helping lead the campaign against Proposition 8.

"Make a donation of a like amount to ProtectMarriage.com which will help us correct this error," reads the letter. "Were you to elect not to donate comparably, it would be a clear indication that you are in opposition to traditional marriage. ... The names of any companies and organizations that choose not to donate in like manner to ProtectMarriage.com but have given to Equality California will be published.""

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/10/23/state/n145556D05.DTL

[LeftCoast]

1. That would just give me a list of businesses do frequent

I'd love to know which businesses are on the side of civil rights.

[SoCalNative]

2. I don't know but

I'd say it sounds like blackmail to me. If I were the companies who received these letters I think I'd be contacting the state Atty General about this.

[damntexdem]

5. Yes, this would generally help businesses in California.

Of course, it does play into the divide-the-nation theme. Conservative Christians have long tried to break off businesses that are "theirs" from the infidel businesses.

[DBoon]

3. are these guys going to break your kneecaps next?

ProtectMarriage sounds like a mafia front to me

[SoCalNative]

4. Well...

one of their biggest backers is the Knights of Columbus...

just sayin' B-)

[Duncan Grant]

6. Hate the kneecap, love the knee -- that's what I always say.

:D

[machI]

7. That sounds like a threat of extortion to me. n/t

[joeybee12]

8. Sounds like blackmail to me...

...good way to tick people off so they do the opposite of what these nutjobs "suggest."