Posted on 07/31/2008 7:38:10 AM PDT by Gopher Broke
Cash Infusion for 'Protect Marriage' Group
Thursday, July 31, 2008
By Susan Jones, Senior Editor
(CNSNews.com) - A conservative advocacy group is giving half-a-million dollars to the organization that is leading the fight to protect marriage in California.
The American Family Association said the $500,000 donation comes from "years of savings."
In a message to supporters, AFA acknowledged its "obligation to be good stewards of the gifts given to this ministry. We don’t buy anything on credit. We have no debt. We are careful to make sure your gifts are used wisely. We are very frugal with your gifts."
AFA said it has put aside money over the years so it would have the funds to meet whatever need might arise. The $500,000 for ProtectMarriage.com came from those savings, it said.
As CNSNews.com previously reported, ProtectMarriage.com is pushing a November ballot proposal that would ban same-sex marriage in California.
Proposition 8, a proposed amendment to the California Constitution, reads: "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California."
Now that the California Supreme Court has legalized homosexual marriage (on May 15 in a 4-3 vote), it will take a constitutional amendment to undo what four “activist” judges have done, ProtectMarriage.com says.
"The battle for marriage in California is very important," the American Family Association said in its email message.
"If California defeats Proposition 8, it will open the floodgates for same-sex marriage in all the other states. The battle in California isn’t simply about California. It will affect every state, yours included. The homosexual groups have already raised millions, and are expected to spend nearly $20 million to destroy marriage as it has existed for thousands of years."
The American Family Association said the group fighting to defend marriage in California needs financial support. "Your gifts over the years allowed us to provide some help. We thank you," the message concluded.
The email also included a fund-raising pitch.
I printed off their donate by mail form and plan to send them money....
http://www.protectmarriage.com/
Also, AFA is a great group....
Californians passed Proposition 22 about eight years ago, BANNING same-sex marriage in California. The socialist liberal California Supreme Court struck it down, IN SPITE OF THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE (about 65-35 against) overwhelmingly being against same sex marriage.
Why mention it? Because the will of the people MEANS NOTHING to state officials, and thus throwing money at anything that would repeat this, is just a waste of time and money, in the People’s Republik of Kalifornia.
I'm talking to more and more folks that are fed up with the lib's experiment on America, and are finally ready to spit on it.
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