Prop 8 Campaign Threatens Business Leaders

NO on Prop 8 Campaign Calls for Threats to Stop

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, a San Diego business
leader against Proposition 8 announced he received a letter from the
Proposition 8 Executive Committee requesting funding and revoking his
endorsement of the NO on Prop 8 campaign.
The Prop 8 campaign, which continues to lie about schools, children and
tax-exempt status, has now escalated activities to threaten and intimidate
businesses opposed to Prop 8.
"On October 20, 2008, I received a certified-mail letter for the Prop 8
campaign requesting I withdraw my support of Equality California (EQCA) and
demanding that I donate the same amount of money that I donated to the NO on
Prop 8 campaign," said Jim Abbott, Managing Partner of Abbott &
Associates/Abbott Realty Group of San Diego, Calif. "The Prop 8 letter was
very threatening if I chose to continue to fully exercise my right to support
the NO on Prop 8 campaign."
"This type of outrageous scare tactic from Prop 8 is intolerable. As a
business owner, practicing Catholic, and civic leader who has served on the
EQCA board for nearly three years, I believe in equality and rights for
all ... especially for my employees, 25 percent of whom are LGBT," Abbott
said.
"This is just the latest example of the appalling dirty politics being
conducted by the Prop 8 campaign," said Geoff Kors, NO on Prop 8 Executive
Committee Member.
Virtually every major newspaper in California has editorialized against
Prop 8, stating that "the state constitution shouldn't be used to turn some
people into second-class citizens. Vote 'no' on Proposition 8." (Fresno Bee)
For a complete list of NO on 8 endorsements, visit http://www.noonprop8.com.
SOURCE NO on Prop 8 campaign

Bill Bradley, +1-916-213-5230, bill@perrycom.com, or Julia Spiess,
+1-916-601-8282, julia@perrrycom.com, both for NO on Prop 8 campaign