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Friends and Foes List

The Advocate's list of our best friends and worst enemies when it comes to preserving the right of same-sex couples to marry in California. Here's your chance to get involved!

An Advocate.com exclusive posted June 16, 2008

There’s no better time than now to become an activist. California voters in November will decide whether same-sex couples should have the right to marry, and our friends and enemies are each planning campaigns that will cost an estimated $20 million-plus combined. Want to do more than donate? Let our friends and enemies know how you feel. It’s never been easier to call, pen a letter, or dash off an e-mail. The Advocate has done the legwork. Below you’ll find contact information for groups and politicians who want to do away with same-sex marriage, and those who are working to preserve it.

LGBT FRIENDS

Equality for All 
www.equalityforall.com
8581 Santa Monica Blvd. #504  
West Hollywood, CA 90069 
info@equalityforall.com 

Equality California 
www.eqca.org
2370 Market St., 2nd Floor  
San Francisco, CA 94114
Phone: (415) 581-0005, ext. 300 

American Civil Liberties Union 
www.aclu.org
125 Broad Street, 18th Floor  
New York, NY 10004 
Phone: (212) 607-3300 

Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders 
www.glad.org  
30 Winter Street, Suite 800 
Boston, MA 02108 
Phone: (617) 426-1350 

Lambda Legal 
www.lambdalegal.org  
120 Wall Street,  Suite 1500 
New York, NY 10005 
Phone: (212) 809-8585 

National Center for Lesbian Rights 
www.nclrights.org  
870 Market Street, Suite 370 
San Francisco CA 94102 
Phone: (415) 392-6257 

Equality Federation 
www.equalityfederation.org  
2069A Mission Street 
San Francisco, CA 94110 
Phone: (877) 790-2674 

Freedom to Marry 
www.freedomtomarry.org  
116 West 23rd St, Suite 500 
New York, NY 10011 
Phone: (212) 851-8418 

Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation  (GLAAD)
www.glaad.org  
5455 Wilshire Blvd, #1500 
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Phone: (323) 933-2240 
104 West 29th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10001 
Phone: (212) 629-3322 

Human Rights Campaign
www.hrc.org  
1640 Rhode Island Avenue NW 
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 628-4160 

National Gay & Lesbian Task Force
www.thetaskforce.org
1325 Massachusetts Ave. NW , Suite 600
Washington, DC 20005 
Phone: (202) 393-5177

Love Honor Cherish
lovehonorcherish.org
info@lovehonorcherish.org 

FOES OF MARRIAGE EQUALITY

Campaign for California Families/Campaign for Children and Families (CCF)
www.savecalifornia.com/
Campaign for Children and Families 
P.O. Box 511 
Sacramento, CA 95812
Phone: (916) 265-5650 
Fax: (916) 848-3456

Child Evangelism Fellowship
CEF of Northern California
P.O. Box 47
Union City, CA 94587
Conact: Sue Spillman
Phone: (510)429-1895
Fax (510) 429-1895
nacef@pacbell.net

Christian Educators Association International
www.ceai.org/
P.O. Box 45610  
Westlake, OH 44145
Phone: (440) 250-9566 
Toll Free: 1 (888) 798-1124
Fax: (440) 250-9584
doreen@ceai.org

Alliance Defense Fund
www.alliancedefensefund.org
15100 N. 90th Street
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
Phone: 1 (800) TELL-ADF
Fax: (480) 444-0025

Protect Marriage.com
www.protectmarriage.com
P.O. Box 162657
Sacramento, California 95816
Phone: (916) 446-5031
Fax: (951) 353-8347
info@protectmarriage.com

Family Leader California
www.familyleader.net
Director: Susan Markham 
susanmarkham@familyleader.net
President: Maurine Proctor 
maurineproctor@familyleader.net

National Organization for Marriage, California
http://www.nationformarriage.org
20 Nassau Street, Suite 242
Princeton, NJ 08542
Phone: (609) 688-0450
Fax: (888) 894-3604
contact@nationformarriage.org

Advocates for Faith and Freedom
http://www.faith-freedom.com/
24910 Las Brisas Road, Suite 110 
Murrieta, CA 92562
Phone: (951) 304-7583 
Toll free: 1 (888) 588-6888
Fax: (951) 600-4996
info@faith-freedom.com

Institute for Marriage and Public Policy
http://www.marriagedebate.com/
P.O. Box 1231
Manassas, VA 20108
Phone: (202) 216-9430
info@imapp.org

Concerned Women for America
http://www.cwfa.org
1015 Fifteenth St. N.W., Suite 1100
Washington, D.C. 20005
Phone: (202) 488-7000
Fax: (202) 488-0806

Family Research Council
http://www.frc.org/
801 G Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20001 
Toll free: 1 (800) 225-4008

VoteYesMarriage.com
P.O. Box 1978
Sacramento, CA 95812

Focus on the Family
http://www.family.org
Focus on the Family
(street address not required) 
Colorado Springs, CO 80995
(719) 531-5181

Faith2Action
http://www.faith2action.org
P.O. Box 633
Dania Beach, Florida 33004
President: Janet Folger
contact@f2a.org

Pacific Justice Institute
http://www.pacificjustice.org
P.O. Box 11630
Santa Ana, CA 92711
Phone: (714) 796-7150
Fax: (714)796-7182
pji@pacificjustice.org

Center For Reclaiming America
http://www.reclaimamerica.org
Coral Ridge Ministries
P.O. Box 1920
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33302
Phone: 1 (800) 229-WORD (9673)
letters@coralridge.org

California Family Council
http://www.californiafamily.org
South California Office
P.O. Box 20012
Riverside, CA 92516
Phone: (951) 354-8362
Fax: (951) 353-8347
North California Office
1107 9th Street, Box 24
Sacramento, CA 92814
Phone: (916) 446-5131
Fax: (916) 446-5744

Capitol Resource Institute
http://www.capitolresource.org
660 J Street, Suite 250 
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916.498.1940
Fax: 916.448.2888

Institute For Families and Taxpayers
18002 Irvine Blvd., Suite 108
Tustin, CA 92780

Association of Christian Schools International, Northern and Southern Districts of CA
http://www.acsi.org
ACSI Southern California Office
731 N. Beach Blvd Ste 210
La Habra, CA 90631-3659
Phone: (562) 694-4791
Fax: (562) 690-6234
Regional Director: Jerry Haddock
jerry_haddock@acsi.org
9581 Calvine Rd
Sacramento, CA 95829
Phone: (916) 681-8451
Fax: (916) 681-8452
Regional Director: Rohn Ritzema, MA
rohn_ritzema@acsi.org

Values Advocacy Council
http://www.valuesadvocacycouncil.org
735 Capitol Expressway Auto Mall
San Jose, CA 95136
Phone: (408) 267-0800
President: Larry Pegram
larrypegram@vac.org

Liberty Counsel
http://www.lc.org
P.O. Box 540774
Orlando, FL 32854
Phone: 1 (800) 671-1776
liberty@lc.org

Meridian Magazine
http://www.ldsmag.com
P.O. Box 94
Fairfax Station, VA 2203
proctor@meridianmagazine.com

Eagle Forum of California
http://www.eagleforumofcalifornia.com/
Eagle Forum of Sacramento
http://eagleforumofsacramento.com/
Georgiana Preskar
glee16@surewest.net
Teri Lawrence
TeriMicro4@aol.com
Angela Azevedo
amazavedo1@frontiernet.net

Preserve Liberty
http://www.preserveliberty.com
PO Box 3133  
Rancho Cordova, CA 95741
mark@preserveliberty.com

The Western Center for Law & Policy
http://www.wclplaw.org
300 West Grand Avenue, Suite 200
 Escondido, California 92025
Phone: (760) 747-4LAW (4529)
 Fax: (760) 747-4505

Traditional Values Coalition
http://www.traditionalvalues.org
Traditional Values Coalition (CA Office)
100 S. Anaheim Boulevard, Suite 350
Anaheim, CA 92805
Phone: (714) 520-0300
Fax: (714) 520-9602
Traditional Values Coalition (DC Office)
139 "C" Street, SE
Washington, DC 20003
Phone: (202) 547-8570
Fax: (202) 546-6403

Confraternidad Hispana Bautista de California (Hispanic Southern Baptist Fellowship)
http://www.chbdc.org/
76 W. Jordan Ave
Clovis CA 93611
Pastor Daniel Sotelo
Presidente congreso y corporación
Phone: (559) 779-8946

United Families California
http://www.unitedfamilies.org
P.O. Box 2630
Gilbert, AZ 85299
Phone: (480) 632-5450
Fax: (480) 892-4417
ufi@unitedfamilies.org

Legacy Law Foundation
www.legacyleader.com
info@legacyleader.com

Mathew D. Staver
Founder of Liberty Counsel and Dean of Liberty University School of Law
http://www.lc.org/
P.O. Box 540774
Orlando, FL 32854
Phone: 1 (800) 671-1776
liberty@lc.org

Dean Mathew D. Staver
Liberty University  School of Law 
1971 University Boulevard
Lynchburg, VA 24502
law@liberty.edu

Knights of Columbus (Donated $250,000)
http://www.kofc.org
1 Columbus Plaza
New Haven, CT 06510
Phone: (203) 752-4000
info@kofc.org

William Bolthouse Farms (Donated $100,000)
http://www.bolthouse.com
7200 E Brundage Lane
Bakersfield, CA 93307
Phone: (661) 366-7205

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Name: Tri-Tinh Tran
Date posted: 2008-06-13 4:31 PM
Hometown: Westminster

Comment:

Just looking at the length of our foe lists really reinforces my determination to volunteer (as I did) and fight against those groups which always abuse the religious speech, use obsolete, moribund hypocritical argument to uphold insular advantages. The foe list is long and daunting but realistically it informs us that we need to be even stronger, become more orangized, and every participation, donation of individuals would help to counter the other power. For each of us, please think about the campaign as personal issue, as the right, equality for our community. Think about what every single can do and fight! Wish our community and our campaign all the best!

Name: Harold
Date posted: 2008-06-13 1:53 PM
Hometown: Portland

Comment:

It's a shame that Christian organizations have such negative feelings for the GLBT community. I was once a member of a fundamentalist church (not listed), who hold homophobic views. ("We love the sinner but hate the sin" - yeah right! They love the sinner until they find out he/she is gay and then want us as far away from them as possible, then gossip about us afterward) I still proclaim my Christianity, my love and devotion to God, but no longer a part of that church. If the money they spent trying to hurt us was used to help the poor, the hungry, the homeless, the lost as Jesus Christ spoke about His followers doing, how much better our country would be, oir world!

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