# CA Prop 8 backers= extortion? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 24, 2008, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ca-prop-8-backers-extortion/469416 "2008-10-24T19:42:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ca-prop-8-backers-extortion/469416/1 "2008-10-24T19:42:12Z")
Prop 8 is a prop that will ban gay marriage in CA. Here’s a news story about the backers of it: > **[Opinion: New Proposition 8 strategy: Donate, or else](https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/opinion-la/story/2008-10-24/opinion-new-proposition-8-strategy-donate-or-else)** > > This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. \*Prop. 8 directors somehow saw this as justification for sending letters to about three dozen companies that donated to the opposite campaign. OK, we’re all for free speech, and complaining about someone else’s closely held beliefs is fair game. But in this case, the Yes on 8 people demanded equal contributions to their campaign, or they would “out” the donor: “Make a donation of a like amount to [ProtectMarriage.com](http://ProtectMarriage.com) which will help us correct this error,” reads the letter. “Were you to elect not to donate comparably, it would be a clear indication that you are in opposition to traditional marriage. … The names of any companies and organizations that choose not to donate in like manner to [ProtectMarriage.com](http://ProtectMarriage.com) but have given to Equality California will be published.” The pro-8 campaign continues to confuse support for same-sex marriage with lack of support for traditional marriage. \* Umm- does this not smell a great deal like blackmail or extortion? Full disclosure. I have already voted No on Prop 8, but I have not supported the NO campaign by contibutions or campaign work. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ca-prop-8-backers-extortion/469416)._