Boycott the funders of Prop 8. Here's just a few to go after NOW.

[Pab Sungenis]

It's a sad day here in America. On the very same day we elected our first minority President, we also saw a well-coordinated effort vote to strip a basic human right away from millions of ordinary citizens.

Our rights must never be subject to popular vote. The best way to fight back against this injustice is to go after the people who spent their money to fund this travesty. A rather lengthy list can be found at Californians Against Hate's Dishonor Roll, but here are some notable names for you.

Please join me in a boycott of these companies, and write to tell them that you won't spend any more money with companies that spend money on hate.

Proctor And Gamble

A major partner of P&G, "Cotton Buds," was one of the largest contributors to this travesty through its founder and owner, Dewitt Paul. Let P&G know that as long as they partner with this company, you will not purchase anything they manufacture.

The Procter & Gamble Company Corporate Communications
1 Procter & Gamble Plaza
Cincinnati, OH 45201

Activision

Executives at the company that makes "Guitar Hero" apparently prefer to play with the heart strings of their customers, thanks to $5,000 in donations to Prop 8.

Activision, Inc.
3100 Ocean Park Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA 90405

Bank of America

Gobbling up struggling little banks thanks to the mortgage crisis isn't enough for executives at BoA, they gobbled up your rights with $10,000 donated by executives. Tell them you want to make a withdrawal.

Bank of America Corporate Center
100 North Tryon Street
Charlotte, North Carolina 28255

NVIDIA

The maker of video cards apparently wants to paint a new picture of the world, one without gay rights, as evidenced by $15,000 in donations from their executives. Don't buy NVIDIA graphics cards, and don't buy any machines pre-built with them. Instead, let the companies using them know that you don't support people who support hate.

NVIDIA CORPORATE OFFICE:
2701 San Tomas Expressway
Santa Clara, CA 95050
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Avery-Dennison

Avery likes labels. A lot. Not just mailing and shipping labels, but also "faggot" and "queer." At least their CFO, the guy in charge of spending their money, does. He gave $5,000 to take away your right to marry. Tell Avery that you have a label for them: "supporters of bigotry."

Corporate Communications Department
Avery Dennison Corporate Center
150 North Orange Grove Boulevard
Pasadena, California 91103-3596
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

And I'm sad to report:

The Walt Disney Company

Executives at the Mouse spent $5,000 to make California the Unhappiest Place on Earth for the GLBT community. Let them know how sad this makes you, and that they made sure you will not have a magical day.

Walt Disney Co.(H Q), The.
500 S. Buena Vista St.
Burbank, CA 91521

These are the ones that stood out to me. They don't want us, then they don't want our money, either, as far as I'm concerned.

[robinlynne]

1. ok. works for me. but how is 5k considered major funding? n/t

[Pab Sungenis]

3. Any amount spent on bigotry

is too much.

[robinlynne]

7. yes, but who ARE the real funders is my question.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

2. Err, I was under the impression that Walt Disney Co. was progressive on GLBT issues.

Are you suggesting that we boycott these companies because some of their employees have privately donated?

[Pab Sungenis]

4. I was, too.

The executives at these companies, the ones making the decisions and getting the most money, are the ones spending that money to take away rights. That's why we have to stop the flow of funds.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

5. Hmm.

Should employers have the right to fire people based upon the personal political donations of their employees?

[tjwash]

6. Screw the nickle and dimers; here are the real funders of prop 8

* Knights of Columbus, $1,400,000
* Howard Ahmanson, $1,150,000.
* John Templeton, $900,000.
* National Organization for Marriage, $785,750
* Elsa Prince, $650,000.
* Fieldstead & Company, $600,000.
* American Family Association, $500,000
* Focus on the Family, $411,000.
* Doug Manchester, $125,000.
* Donations from individual Mormons through the LDS temple in Salt Lake City account for about $6.4 million of the approximately $18 million raised through September 24

[robinlynne]

8. got it. never heard of any of these. except for the mormons.

[tjwash]

9. Dobson and FOF is right there in the middle of it too

I haven't been able to dig up just how many individual donation the Catholic church put in, but as you can see, their Knight of Columbus put in a huge chunk.

[Dr.Phool]

18. Ahmanson inherited 100's of millions.

He's a major funder of the religious right, and was busy funding the schism in the Episcopal church over gay priests. Mother Jones had a major article on him last year.

Prince, think Blackwater and Amway.

Templeton, think mutual funds.

[petronius]

29. That'll put a damper on my next trip to the Ahmanson Theater

Although I suppose it's not really related...

[RedCappedBandit]

10. UGH!!!!

I live two blocks away from a huge knights of columbus shithole. Must.. do .. something.
I knew there was something fishy with those fuckers.

[orleans]

19. knights of columbus is a catholic organization

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_Columbus

[RedCappedBandit]

32. I'm aware. Still fishy! :)

[orleans]

33. at first glance i thought you said: "still fish-fry"!! lol.

my dad was catholic--i was for awhile when i was a kid--i remember the fish business on fridays (not that my mom went along with it tho...)

[Pab Sungenis]

11. And how do we boycott these people?

We can't. We have no way to bring pressure on them. Unless you want a nationwide "boycott Mormons" campaign, which isn't practical.

[tjwash]

12. Hey...you wanna go after the big dogs not the chump changers.

KOC is a homophopic, and anti abortion and birth control organization that hides behind separation of church and state, and uses millions in donations from Catholics to ramrod through legislation just like this. Same with FOF. The individual's who give donations to churches that then funnel them through to enact this stuff, get the added bonus of writing off the donations on their income taxes. Everyone else that gives money to the NO side does not get any such write off.

That what the lawsuits filed yesterday are about

You want real change, we start with them.

[WVRICK13]

24. Boycotting Mormons

is not a bad idea. Lets go for it. I received a request from Marriott today asking me about my stay last week at one of their hotels. I sent them this reply. I am happy to say I enjoyed my stay at your hotel. As usual it was clean, efficient and friendly. However, this will be the last time I stay at any of your hotels due to your support for Proposition 8 in California. I cannot support the efforts of anyone who chooses to back measures designed to take away rights of Americans and which softens the line between Church and State.

[Howardx]

14. elsa prince?

any relation to blackwater's erik prince?

[nadinbrzezinski]

16. Mom

[Shallah Kali]

27. a bit of info

Wikipeida http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Prince

Bush & Blackwater - http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/10/02/blackwater_bush/

Elsa Prince Campaign Contributions and Donations
http://fundrace.huffingtonpost.com/neighbors.php?type=name&lname=Prince&fname=Elsa

Not So Strange Bedfellows: Blackwater and Yes on 8
http://oxdown.firedoglake.com/diary/1176

[Rockholm]

17. Templeton as in Franklin Templeton Funds?

Say goodbye to my IRAs.

[lies and propaganda]

26. or better said...

Blackwater('s mom)
ESS Voting machine founders

our largest MERCENARY group who made untold billions from our illegal war and our 2nd largest VOTING MACHINE SCAMMERS.

awesome, good times.

and Im sure Walt Disney just did a 360.

[independentpiney]

13. Sucks about NVIDIA

But if you have ATI card compatibility issues with your favorite games, there's not much choice. Not that I'll be in the market for a new card for 2-3 years anyway, and by then prop8 and the other hate legislation will hopefully be overturned.

[T Wolf]

15. Boycotts achieve NOTHING. The only way to really affect change is direct action against individuals

The execs of those companies. The officers of the catholic and mormon churches.

Companies and institutions do not make decisions.

People make decisions and it is people who have to be confronted on those decisions.

[Gwendolyn]

20. Sounds good in theory, but...

it didn't work when O'Liely told everyone to stop buying French wine and cheese, people are still munching on Big Macs and Apple is doing peachy. It takes too much to make a dent.

[newtothegame]

21. Thanks n/t

[BeeBee]

22. You want to boycott Bank of America because a few of their

executives gave $10,000.00??? You've got to be kidding. This is a company with tens of thousands of employees...not to mention a good record on gay rights.

[Pakhet]

23. Is there a list like this for AZ prop 102? n/t

[Ian David]

25. Matt Owens, La Canada, CA Walt Disney Company, Finance $5,000 on 9/11/08

Matt Owens, La Canada, CA
Walt Disney Company, Finance
$5,000 on 9/11/08

I think that's a donation made by that one, individual.

Disney itself is already feuding against Dobson and the rest of the fundies for being too pro-gay.

There are better reasons than THIS to boycott Disney-- like their Made in China crap and their anti-Union activities in California.

However, I still think it's worth calling to complain to Disney, and directly to Matt Owens and his boss.


Matt Owen
VP Management Audit at The Walt Disney Company
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/5/97a/641

[2Design]

28. ok

[bluedawg12]

30. K&R Keep this up! Live it! n/t

[LeftyMom]

31. Employers don't control individual donors. How about home demos instead?

:shrug: