ShareThisSAN FRANCISCO -- When Bruce Bastian of Utah stood up Saturday night at a San Francisco dinner and wrote a $1 million check for the campaign against Proposition 8, he made it clearer than ever that November's ballot fight over a ban on same-sex marriage won't be a California-only affair.Supporters of the effort to ban same-sex marriage already have taken in more than $1.2 million from out-of-state contributors for the fall campaign. And even before Bastian, a co-founder of the WordPerfect software company, opened his checkbook, gay and lesbian rights groups and their supporters from around the country had put more than $1.3 million into the fight against the ballot initiative."This is a campaign that's important to the entire country, not just California," said Brad Luna, a spokesman for the Human Rights Campaign, sponsor of the fundraising dinner that brought more than 750 people to the St. Francis Hotel on Saturday. "The result will have effects across the United States."Those national concerns are echoed from the backers of the same-sex marriage ban.When the state Supreme Court overturned Proposition 22's ban on same-sex unions, it opened the way for "nationwide legal chaos" and allowed gay rights groups "to force their radical redefinition of marriage upon the nation," according to a statement from the California Family Council, one of the supporters of Prop. 8.The outside money is arriving in supersized chunks. Focus on the Family, a Colorado Springs group headed by James Dobson, has given more than $400,000 to the Prop. 8 campaign. The American Family Association, out of Tupelo, Miss., has contributed $500,000. The Knights of Columbus, a national Catholic men's organization headquartered in New Haven, Conn., has put $250,000 into the campaign.The opponents also have cast a national net for donors. The Human Rights Campaign, which works for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights out of its Washington headquarters, has raised more than $570,000 for the fight against Prop. 8. Another Washington group, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, has given $200,000. David Maltz, a Cleveland businessman, has donated $500,000 to the anti-Prop. 8 effort.With more than three months to go before election day, the outside money on both sides of the ballot battle will just keep coming.Concerns about that money is what persuaded Bastian to get involved.Bastian grew up in a conservative, Mormon family in Twin Falls, Idaho. He went on a mission for the church and received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Mormon-sponsored Brigham Young University. But he has been at odds with the church's view on homosexuality since coming out as a gay man.The Mormon church has spoken strongly in favor of Prop. 8. In a June 20 letter, the church's top leaders called on California Mormons to "do all you can to support the proposed constitutional amendment by donating of your means and time."That means something, Bastian said at Saturday night's dinner."One thing I learned as a Mormon was that preaching costs money," Bastian said. "The Mormons will raise a lot of money to support Proposition 8 in November."Bastian, who lives in Orem, Utah, felt he had to level the financial playing field."You can't change people's minds. They have to change them for themselves," he said. "If people are shown the truth and have fear taken out of the equation, I believe they will stand up for what's good and fair."Until the mid-1990s, Bastian was chairman of WordPerfect, a software company he founded with Alan Ashton, his faculty adviser, after he graduated from BYU. Since merging the company with Novell in 1994, he's spent much of his time working with arts groups in Utah and for gay rights.He decided to make his $1 million contribution in the middle of the campaign dinner as a none-too-subtle challenge to others to step up and contribute to the anti-Prop. 8 effort."I know there are people waiting in the wings and I wanted to nudge them, to inspire them," he said.Bastian has worked closely with the Human Rights Campaign, raising money for a number of its causes, said Joe Solmonese, president of the group. He even has an annual fundraiser for the group at his home in Orem, which Bastian described as the reddest of red counties, with a higher percentage of Mormons than Salt Lake City."He's always been there to help, even though he lives in what's probably going to be the last state in America to benefit from marriage equality," Solmonese said.E-mail John Wildermuth at jwildermuth(at)sfchronicle.com. (Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, www.scrippsnews.com.)
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I am very excited to see that Mr. Bastian took a stand for equality and fairness. Prop. 8 is all about writing discrimination into the California constitution where it clearly does not belong.
Also, Prop. 8 would cost the state tens of millions of dollars directly in sales tax, and hundreds of millions indirectly through vendors, caterers, florists, hotels, restaurants etc. helped by all the weddings this discriminatory proposition would stop.
If Prop. 8 passes, it would probably mean an increase in taxes to cover the financial shortfall, especially at this rough economic time.
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Just wanted to note that the
Just wanted to note that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints has asked members of their California congregations to donate of their time and efforts. However, other states have not been asked to contribute. We are in support of protecting the definition of marriage. We respect all people. However, we feel that our view on marriage is not just "our church's" view, but God's view. Thanks for singling us out, it's very flattering. However, there are many other churches who are involved in the support of prop. 8 as well.
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