Only one donor spends more than $500 for Colorado marriage equality campaign. 11 religious donors write big checks for constitutional ban.
| By xxx - Apr 18th, 2006 at 12:16 pm EDT |
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Categories: Equality / Civil Rights, Civil Liberties / Privacy, Peace & Social Justice, Religion
Categories: Equality / Civil Rights, Civil Liberties / Privacy, Peace & Social Justice, Religion
Supporters of LGBT equality in Colorado should be ashamed. Today the Denver Post reported on the financial status of both sides of Colorado's marriage campaigns. 11 people wrote checks over $1000 to support a ban on gay marriage while there's only one such donor on the pro-gay side: Tim Gill's political action committee.
Unlike the HRC, with its fancy dinners, logo merchandise and exclusive giving clubs, there's nothing sexy about Coloradoans for Fairness & Equality (CFE). But there is something every donor should be aware of this year: Washington is firmly controlled by an administration and congress that HRC can accomplish nothing with. Pro-gay Coloradoans just sent more than $100,000 to D.C. where nothing will happen.
Meanwhile, CFE has people on the ground, right here in Colorado. They are working hard knocking on doors, drafting legislation, and making our case to reporters. They are campaigning to stop a ballot initiative that would rewrite the Colorado Constitution to ban marriage equality. They are also pushing for another initiative that would allow domestic partnerships. While over $100,000 just went from Colorado to D.C., the people working for CFE have just $60,000 behind them and nearly all of it came from one guy.
It's pathetic that not a single person has coughed up more than $500 to support Colorado's campaign. Personally, I'm broke. But I'm going to write a check for $50 right now and push everyone I know to start giving to CFE. Won't you join me?
• Give now: Coloradoans for Fairness & Equality
• Marriage debate gets boost, By Kevin Simpson, Denver Post Staff Writer, 4/18/06
• UPDATE 9:03 PM 4/18: Apparently the Human Rights Campaign has made a significant pledge to CFE. Also, CFE just hired a constituency director who will be organizing fundraisers, and yes, even a HRC-style dinner.
… the Gill Foundation Action Fund accounted for $55,000 of the $60,133 reported by Coloradans for Fairness Issue Committee. No other contributor gave more than $500.It's just a few weeks after Denver's Human Rights Campaign (HRC) dinner where hundreds of Colorado supporters of gay issues put on tuxes, slapped backs, and sent a big bucket of money to Washington.
Unlike the HRC, with its fancy dinners, logo merchandise and exclusive giving clubs, there's nothing sexy about Coloradoans for Fairness & Equality (CFE). But there is something every donor should be aware of this year: Washington is firmly controlled by an administration and congress that HRC can accomplish nothing with. Pro-gay Coloradoans just sent more than $100,000 to D.C. where nothing will happen.
Meanwhile, CFE has people on the ground, right here in Colorado. They are working hard knocking on doors, drafting legislation, and making our case to reporters. They are campaigning to stop a ballot initiative that would rewrite the Colorado Constitution to ban marriage equality. They are also pushing for another initiative that would allow domestic partnerships. While over $100,000 just went from Colorado to D.C., the people working for CFE have just $60,000 behind them and nearly all of it came from one guy.
It's pathetic that not a single person has coughed up more than $500 to support Colorado's campaign. Personally, I'm broke. But I'm going to write a check for $50 right now and push everyone I know to start giving to CFE. Won't you join me?
• Give now: Coloradoans for Fairness & Equality
• Marriage debate gets boost, By Kevin Simpson, Denver Post Staff Writer, 4/18/06
• UPDATE 9:03 PM 4/18: Apparently the Human Rights Campaign has made a significant pledge to CFE. Also, CFE just hired a constituency director who will be organizing fundraisers, and yes, even a HRC-style dinner.
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