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Title: Coachella Valley's Prop. 8 opponents out-raising its supporters
Post by: Natasha on October 12, 2008, 01:23:36 PM
Coachella Valley's Prop. 8 opponents out-raising its supporters

http://www.mydesert.com/article/20081012/NEWS0301/810120334/1006/news01 (http://www.mydesert.com/article/20081012/NEWS0301/810120334/1006/news01)
10/12/2008

Coachella Valley opponents of a same-sex marriage ban have out-raised supporters 2 to 1, donating more than $85,000 to one side of California's most contentious social issue in the Nov. 4 election.

Statewide, the campaigns for and against Proposition 8 have raked in about $43 million, with supporters of the ban collecting the lion's share.

Coachella Valley residents were not surprised.

"People in the valley, I think, understand equality," said Palm Springs Mayor Steve Pougnet, who last month married his longtime partner.