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Monday, October 13, 2008

Stars Turn Out to Crank up Fundraising For No on Prop 8 in California

love honor cherishI don't know what it's been like in your town, but everyone stepped it up here in California to respond to the negative turn in the polls for our Marriage Equality Rights. 

This past weekend, there were parties literally all day every day.

The lesbians raised $150,000 at a rodeo in Mendocino, Chastity Bono raised $25,000 at her pool party on Sunday afternoon, and Love Honor Cherish raised $250,000 at their Heroes and History Makers party on Sunday evening at Skybar on the Sunset Strip.

pictured, Eric McCormack and wife Janet support No on Prop 8 at the Love Honor Cherish fundraiser.

We are losing folks, and our win in Connecticut on Friday is only going to anger and mobilize those that seek to oppose us. Please donate as much as you can to www.noonprop8.org.

In an open letter to the editor at the Advocate web site today, the question of the weekend finally got some print. Why hasn't Ellen donated any money? For that matter, why aren't more celebs stepping up with deep pocket donations like Spielberg and Pitt coughed up? TR Knight from Grey's Anatomy donated $50,000 and gay icon Barbra Streisand is co-chairing a No on Prop 8 fundraiser on October 21 in Beverly Hills (Streisand's son Jason Gould is gay). The other co chairs of this event are Greg Berlanti and Rob Reiner.

Meanwhile, at the Skybar fundraiser, Los Angeles city Mayor Villaraigosa donated $25,000. 

Dana Delany (China Beach, Desperate Housewives) showed her support by speaking, and added a cute, "I've been avoiding marriage my whole life, but if you want it...have at it!".


pictured, Dana Delany with Heather Tom and Kathryn Joosten at Love, Honor, Cherish



Brian Graden (President of programming, MTV/VH1/Logo) and partner Jimmy.

Actor/Producer Chad Allen, whose film SAVE ME opened in theatres last month.

Out of the like ten thousand people at the Skybar event, I counted exactly 8 lesbians. Here are two of them.
Writers Lisa Dickey and Randi Barnes - thrilled to within an inch of their lives that they won an autographed script from THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW in the silent auction.

What was lovely and surprising were the amount of STRAIGHT people at this event. Like a ton. Here are two:


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