From Rick Jacobs, Chair of the Courage Campaign:

"Because we fully expect to prevail in court, we expect that, at some point, we will need to defeat a ballot proposal by advocates of same-sex marriage. Our opponents have threatened such a proposal as early as 2010. We are already beginning the planning process to lay the groundwork to defeat a future proposed initiative that would legalize gay marriage." -- Ron Prentice, Chairman, "Yes on Proposition 8" campaign


This not a threat, Mr. Prentice. It's a promise.

That's why 295,230 people have signed the pledge to repeal Prop 8, launched by the Courage Campaign and joined by CREDO Mobile and MoveOn. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands are marching and organizing in cities across America to restore marriage equality to California.
Because of this unprecedented Marriage Equality Movement, Ron Prentice -- and his religious right-wing "prayer warriors" -- are now on defense in a two-front electoral and judicial war that will eventually determine the fate of Prop 8.

Right now, gay and lesbian advocacy organizations like NCLR, Lambda Legal, and the ACLU are waging a critical legal battle to invalidate Prop 8 in court.

On a parallel path, the Courage Campaign is launching a people-powered campaign to support the nearly 300,000 citizens calling for the repeal of Prop 8 by 2010.

Will you put your financial power behind the repeal of Prop 8 today? Inspired by Barack Obama's grassroots campaign for change, this new marriage equality campaign will be driven by you, neighbor-to-neighbor, across California.

President-elect Obama's campaign empowered millions of Americans to engage their friends, family and neighbors in meaningful discussions about the future of our country, in every state in America.

And, with your support, that's exactly what we want to do for marriage equality in every county in California. We will work with the LGBT community and our other partners -- such as MoveOn, CREDO, SEIU-United Healthcare Workers, and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference -- to conduct an innovative community-based campaign to change the conversation about marriage equality in California.

When this battle is engaged again, we know Ron Prentice and his right-wing crusaders will spend millions of dollars to scare Californians with deceptive and emotionally-charged TV ads.
But this time, the defenders of marriage equality -- straight and gay alike -- will be organizing in their communities to persuade their friends and family that separate is NOT equal, and it's definitely not American.

And, this time, we will win.

Thank you for everything you are doing to change California and the country.
Rick JacobsChair