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Donors pumped $83 million to Calif. gay marriage campaign



Tuesday, February 03, 2009

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- More than $83 million was donated to support or oppose the ballot initiative that abolished same-sex marriage in California, according to campaign filings released Monday.

The new filings cover the weeks immediately before and after the Nov. 4 election. They show that elected officials, businesses, churches and individuals poured more than $28 million into the campaigns during the contest's closing days. The final tallies show that opponents of Proposition 8 raised $43.3 million in 2008 and had a little more than $730,000 left on hand at year's end. The measure's sponsors raised $39.9 million and had $983,000 left over.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which has been criticized for strongly encouraging its members to support Proposition 8, for the first time assigned a dollar value of nearly $190,000 to its role in getting the initiative passed.

More than half, or $97,000, went to the time staff of the Utah-based Mormon Church devoted to the Yes on 8 campaign, according to the church's report. Another $21,000 was for the use of church buildings and equipment during the campaign. Most of the rest went to airline tickets, hotels and meals for church officials.

http://www.azdailysun.com/articles/2009 ... 190204.txt

People friggin' starving in the world ... for what good purposes we could have used that $83 million that would have pleased God

JoltinJoe wrote:People friggin' starving in the world ... for what good purposes we could have used that $83 million that would have pleased God

You are a smart man (other than Baseball team)

ok, so how much did the other side spend?

BigApp wrote:ok, so how much did the other side spend?

From the post...
The final tallies show that opponents of Proposition 8 raised $43.3 million in 2008

$120 million wasted.

Do you know how much money I would give to an initiative to get the government out of the marriage business? That would be money well spent.

Wasted money. Too bad really. That kind of scratch could have made a difference in a real issue like hunger or access to care.

ASUMountaineer wrote:Do you know how much money I would give to an initiative to get the government out of the marriage business? That would be money well spent.

Speaking the truth.....

Appaholic wrote:

ASUMountaineer wrote:Do you know how much money I would give to an initiative to get the government out of the marriage business? That would be money well spent.

Speaking the truth.....

Well, that's all we have left man. That's all we have left...

perhaps we should just exterminate them........gays or mormons....or hell why not both?

citdog wrote:perhaps we should just exterminate them........gays or mormons....or hell why not both?

Wow, you sound like a Nazi. Good job, that should help the Jewish credentials.

dbackjon wrote:

BigApp wrote:ok, so how much did the other side spend?

From the post...
The final tallies show that opponents of Proposition 8 raised $43.3 million in 2008

It was actually $62.3 million total to the opponent PACS, $57.98 million in monetary contributions, $1.58M in loans, and $2.75M in non-monetary contributions. I've PM'd you the link to dload the spreadsheet compilation derived directly from the Secretary of States records as of 02/04/09.

citdog wrote:perhaps we should just exterminate them........gays or mormons....or hell why not both?

...don't forget the Jews....they cause ALL the problems....especially the gay ones....

Appaholic wrote:

ASUMountaineer wrote:Do you know how much money I would give to an initiative to get the government out of the marriage business? That would be money well spent.

Speaking the truth.....

I will third that emotion.

AZGrizFan wrote:

Appaholic wrote:
Speaking the truth.....

I will third that emotion.

WTF are you doing up so early? You working on the east coast? conf call?

Appaholic wrote:

AZGrizFan wrote:
I will third that emotion.

WTF are you doing up so early? You working on the east coast? conf call?

Nah....woke up @ 4:30 a.m. with a very sore throat. Couldn't go back to sleep....so I go to what comforts me. She rejected my advances so i end up here.

AZGrizFan wrote:

Appaholic wrote:
WTF are you doing up so early? You working on the east coast? conf call?

Nah....woke up @ 4:30 a.m. with a very sore throat. Couldn't go back to sleep....so I go to what comforts me. She rejected my advances so i end up here.

Tell Grizo to give a break one time.....

Appaholic wrote:

AZGrizFan wrote:
Nah....woke up @ 4:30 a.m. with a very sore throat. Couldn't go back to sleep....so I go to what comforts me. She rejected my advances so i end up here.

Tell Grizo to give a break one time.....

You know....as soon as I typed that I thought some sophomoric fcuker would make a crack about it....I wasn't disappointed.

AZGrizFan wrote:

Appaholic wrote:
Tell Grizo to give a break one time.....

You know....as soon as I typed that I thought some sophomoric fcuker would make a crack about it....I wasn't disappointed.

Yep, I'm just ashamed I read through the post a couple of times before it even clicked....I may be graduating to Junior-rate status....