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Washington Families Standing Together needs money. Here’s the story:
Tuesday night an over-capacity crowd of over 300 pro-family Washingtonians gathered eagerly in Seattle to hear Washington Families Standing Together lay out the plans for the final leg of the Approve Referendum 71 campaign. Similar gatherings have already happened in Spokane, Walla Walla and Vancouver and others will happen across the state this week.
The take-home message is clear and compelling: “Even though there is strong support for domestic-partnership law in Washington, we could lose this because turnout in off year elections is so low.”
To educate the voters and turn out their votes requires money. That money is needed Now. We have less than a month until ballots are mailed out, and only 6 weeks until election day. Please DONATE what you can to help. Every little bit helps.
A word on the opposition’s creepy finances, after the jump.
The rectors of rejection Gary Randall and Larry Stickney have been rattling their begging bowls, saying they can’t even pay for the leaflets they’ve already ordered. Don’t believe them for a second. They have a secret benefactor. We know that their campaign has already received hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of legal and signature gathering services from a source or sources that they are illegally refusing to name. Randall and Stickney are closely allied with Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council and James Dobson of Focus on the Family.
Randall and Stickney will wring what pennies they can from the locals, then WHAM! just you wait, t.v. ads, radio ads and robo calls that they couldn’t possibly afford will appear from nowhere as if by magic. It’s just a matter of time.
We need to preempt their sugar daddy’s next outlay and get our message rolling, as the 6 million dollar man would say, better, stronger, and faster. Please DONATE to help beat them to the punch.
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Will my name and address be kept secret on WFST’s disclosure forms?Will all the hate and bigotry being spewed by Randall, Stickney et al., I have a genuine fear that my support to approve Ref-71 presents a real, immediate threat to my life.
Hey, if it is sauce for the goose….
Time to move beyond conspiracy theories.Everyone here knows the Randall/Sticks/carpetbag/profiteering is fact. That doesn’t change anything . . .in the current state of affairs ref-71 is on the ballot. . .it’s unlikely that an expose of their financial backers will change any minds.
It has also become very confusing because we’re now perplexed between supporting “WFST” and “Approve Ref 71″ . .same, but different . who the hell is whom?
Nothing is going to stop the perpetuation of lies about my family, nor the scams by these jerks .. that’s their trade and trademark. . .we need to move on to another plane & expose the lies on face value. . .DP law isn’t a religious rite, and “protect our children” . .from?
This isn’t going to be pretty.
One only has to look at California’s Prop 8to see how ugly Maine and Washington will be in the months leading up to the elections.
exactlyso far the opposition has been pretty low key. i don’t want anyone allowing that to lull them into some sort of false assumption that things will remain that way. we need to build up our funds immediately so that we not only can get our message out, but so that we have the money to respond speedily to the crap we know they’re going to fling.
see my comment below about not underestimating the opposition.regarding your question:
Washington Families Standing Together (WAFST) is the organization working to protect all Washington families by running the Approve 71 campaign.
unfortunatelythere seems to be a competition for support between Main and (my) Washington State. . .and though I don’t really agree with the approach towards equality from my State legislators, I do support the direction.
It’s not a competition. . .and that’s difficult for those of us who are trying to support equality on a local level.
I look at the fantastic ads from Main & wonder why we can’t even get something produced that’s youtube worthy. . .one of the most artistic States in the union can’t get it together. Flounders on a dry beach.
I know it’s not all about ads, but, I’m not seeing any counter direction, or for that matter any reach towards the vast production community that may make itself available.
so they are the same org.and thanks for the clarification. This ref is a brain freeze to begin with.
I can spell “Maine”
Yesbut you’d be surprised how many silly, quaint or cheesy-named businesses exist over here called “Mainely —–” !
Haven’t seen any ads yetBut we shouldn’t have to wait for the opposition to run their ads before we run ours. The best defense is a strong offense. We shouldn’t give up the initiative to the opposition.
I’m glad the “approve R71″ campaign sees the (dire) need for phone banking and support from the business community. I would like to have seen some of their ads by now.
There’s more – but I’ll email to Lurleen back channel
ads require moneysend money, get ads.
no of course i’m being a brat, but only partly. ads are in the works, but to get them broadcast widely and have the cash to make quick rejoinder ads as needed, we need a pot of cash at the ready. donate if you can!
Progressives in Washington have grown spines lately……expect some pretty sharp ads to come out when the money and production gets ramped up. And rebuttal ads, too, thanks to Patty Murray setting the bar pretty high.