Gay Marriage Proponents Target Business Owners

Posted on September 23, 2008
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Gay activists indignant over huge donations pouring into California in support of Proposition 8 – the ballot initiative that if passed would constitutionally forbid gay couples from marrying in the State – are calling for boycotts on the businesses of the largest anti-gay donors.

Two weeks ago, Californians Against Hate launched a website and a call-in campaign against San Diego businessman Terry Caster, owner of A-1 Self Storage, after the California Secretary of State verified that the Caster family’s combined anti-gay marriage contribution of $293,000 was the largest from San Diego County.

The group is also boycotting Doug Manchester’s two San Diego hotels, the Manchester Grand Hyatt and the Grand Del Mar, and his McCall, Idaho resort, the Whitetail Club, due to the hotelier’s reported $125,000 donation in support of the gay marriage ban.

And William Bolthouse Jr.’s $100,000 donation to the anti-gay campaign, resulted in a Saturday demonstration against the Bolthouse Farms brand of juices and drinks at a California supermarket.

Gay Marriage Proponents Target Business Owners
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