Help preserve gay marriage and stop Proposition 8 in California, no matter where you live
David Thuleen
The bottom line in some campaigns is simply money. Money for
advertising and for get-out-the-vote efforts.
There are lots of people who care enough about defeating
Californiašs Proposition 8 to give $10 or $20 to an organization that
is fighting it, but who havenšt thought to do so or donšt know where to
find such an organization. These people do not have to live in
California to help.
Gay bars, coffee houses with largely gay or liberal customers, and
any other sites where progressives congregate would be an ideal place
to post information about how to support such an organization.
As commentators elsewhere have noted, this November may be the
perfect time to shut down the anti-gay marriage movement, since Obamašs
candidacy, and the general pro-Democratic outlook, may boost turnout of
young and liberal voters who will be more likely to reject the
proposition.
With those thoughts in mind, I created a flier that urges people to
donate money or volunteer their time to Equality California, one of the
groups that has organized to defeat the ballot initiative. The flier
has lots of łpull-off˛ tabs with the URL (www.eqca.org) and a
description of how people can help. The flier is available as a 1.6 MB
jpg at YouSendIt.com.
What you can do:
1. Download the flier from YouSendIt.com. See location(s) below.
2. Print a copy from your computer.
3. Make cheap photocopies of the flier.
4. Pre-cut the pull-off tabs.
5. Distribute them or post them in whatever locations seem favorably
inclined.
6. Pass on copies of the flier to others and encourage them to do the
same, including making moire copies.
7. Upload the jpg yourself to YouSendIt and give friends the link so
they can download it. Or e-mail it to friends as an attachment.
8. Donšt forget to donate money or time yourself.
Where to get the flier:
I have uploaded it 4 times, and each one allows 100 downloads. The
availability ends on August 10, 2008.
Here are the four YouSendIt addresses:
https://rcpt.yousendit.com/594569875/638a427ed2218d114ee175e3ed23cb12
https://rcpt.yousendit.com/594569987/83dfc38309f86f7bb322500e02f83162
https://rcpt.yousendit.com/594570059/143a16bf3a974e349a4d17a307392e1b
https://rcpt.yousendit.com/594570151/57a41797298f18ba9af6e03227673c5d
They are all the same jpg file, so don't download more than one.
Comments or suggestions are welcome.