Posted by
TheChair on Wednesday, August 27, 2008 9:16:57 PM
Today's Wall Street Journal reminds us how determined that same-sex marriage advocates are to scare away all financial support for California's protect marriage amendment, Proposition 8. They have succeeded in warding off at least two professional associations from holding events at San Diego hotelier Doug Manchester's Grand Hyatt... because he donated to help preserve marriage. They targeted the owner of A-1 Storage with a weeks-long phone harassment campaign. And they even went after Bolthouse Farms, a juice company that made no donation to Prop. 8 because it was named after the former owner and company founder. The strategy is not so much to get the donors to change their minds as to prevent new Prop. 8 donors from donating. And,
Next week, Californians Against Hate is planning to push its tactic further by publishing a "Dishonor Roll," a list of individual and corporate donors who give $5,000 or more to groups campaigning on behalf of Proposition 8. The list will include the donor's name, employer and the corporate logo of that employer -- even if the company itself didn't donate to the Proposition 8 fight.
The bottom line is this. Fans of marriage and civilization need to support these businessmen and large donors. We cannot allow the misguided minority to shut them down, or else they win.