Californians Against Hate

November 5, 2009

Ms Maggie Gallagher
President
National Organization for Marriage
1100 H Street, NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20005

Dear Maggie:

Are you going to fire Carrie Prejean? Donald Trump did.

I was shocked and dismayed to hear yesterday that...

Producer Reed Cowan's amazing new documentary is ready for its close-up.

Check out the short trailer. Just click here: 8: The Mormon Proposition

This could well be the movie of the year. Take a look at the web site, read all about the movie and see who...

Last Friday, I was personally attacked, again, by Brian Brown, Executive Director of the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), in an e-mail to his purported more than 500,000 supporters. Brian is very unhappy that his organization is now being investigated by Maine, the second state to conduct such an investigation,...

I think of myself as a citizen activist. But that hasn't always been so.

I began my odyssey on July 18, 2008 when I called for a boycott against San Diego hotel owner Doug Manchester. Mr. Manchester gave $125,000 of very early money to qualify Proposition 8...

Poor Brian Brown.

It has not been a good week for him and his Mormon front group, the National Organization for Marriage (NOM).

With two more states (Maine and Iowa) considering investigations of his organization for improper reporting of campaign contributions and money laundering, plus the...

The organization trying to overturn Maine's same-sex marriage law, Stand for Marriage PAC recently turned in 100,000 signatures to place the question on the November ballot. These gay marriage opponents hope to repeal LD 1020 -- the law passed by the State Legislature and signed by the Governor allowing...

How much food can $125,000 buy to feed the hungry? How many books would it buy to help children? How much medicine can it buy to help the sick? How many better uses of $125,000 are there than using it to take away marriage equality from millions of Californians?

Maggie Gallagher, Will You Take a Lie Detector Test?

We have made arrangements with the highly regarded New York City Polygraph Examiners, who have an office located very close to you in Westchester, for you to take a polygraph test. If you would prefer, they have a mobile polygraph service,...

Maggie Gallagher's National Organization for Marriage (NOM) Refuses to
Turn Over Its Federal Financial Records as Required by Law.

Open Letter to NOM President Maggie Gallagher:

Californians Against Hate began requesting your 990s (IRS non-profit tax filings) over three months ago, Maggie. You have not...

I spent three decades as a public affairs and political consultant. I spent a couple of hours at Los Angeles Gay Pride last Sunday.

Being heavily involved right now in our LGBT civil rights movement, it is important to observe what is going on out there. Several hundred thousand...

We are deeply disappointed with today's majority decision issued by the California Supreme Court. As the county moves forward on gay and lesbian equality, our Supreme Court took a giant step backwards.

One year ago the California Supreme Court showed great courage and conviction in recognizing equal protection for...

Californians Against Hate Kicks Off Ad Campaign in 6 Northeast States
"The Mormons are Coming, The Mormons are Coming!"

Designed to counter the commercial released 10 days ago by the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) "A Gathering Storm," Californians Against Hate launched its own advertising campaign beginning...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon Church) finally turned in a very late Major Donor campaign report on its Prop 8 spending to the California Secretary of State two weeks ago. According to their filing, the Mormon Church spent $190,000 on behalf of the Yes on Prop...

Late last Friday, January 30th, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints filled a Major Donor Report with the California Secretary of State listing $189,903.58 in non-momentary expenditures on behalf of Protectmarriage.com -- Yes on Prop 8. The Mormon Church finally admitted directly spending a huge sum of...

Last week in a deplorable act, California's Yes on Proposition 8 campaign filed a lawsuit in Federal Court to permanently throw out the California Political Reform Act passed by the voters in 1974. The very group led by the Mormon Church that insisted the voters have the final say on...

December 19, 2008

President-elect Barack Obama
Presidential Transition Office
Washington, DC 20270

Dear President-elect Obama:

The gay and lesbian community, our millions of friends and all other fair minded Americans are extremely hurt and angry with your choice of Reverend Rick Warren to give the invocation at your...

Why would someone contribute $693,000 to take away the rights of an entire minority group in California? Terry Caster and his family did just that. Caster, his 8 children and many of their spouses gave a total of $293,000 to help qualify Proposition 8 for the ballot earlier this year....

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whose followers are more widely-known as Mormons, has swooped into two election battles against gay marriage this year. The Mormon Church is exercising its might in both California and Arizona like never before. If passed on November 4, Proposition 8 in California...

The much anticipated release of the $5000 and above donors to California's Yes on 8 Campaign is now posted on our web site: www.CaliforniansAgainstHate.com

Leading the pack is the Knights of Columbus of New Haven Connecticut with $1.275 million. This is the political arm of the Catholic Church.

What possesses a family to give nearly $300,000.00 to change history and write discrimination into the California Constitution?

Well, here is what the San Diego Union-Tribune reported on March 15, 2008 on Caster family patriarch, Terry Caster:

Caster, who heads Caster Cos., which owns A-1 Self Storage and other...