Oct 6, 2008 6:47 pm US/Pacific
Campaign Against Gay Marriage Raises $25M
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ―
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Bob Sodervick holds a gay pride flag outside of San Francisco City Hall June 17, 2008 in San Francisco, California.
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The campaign supporting a November ballot initiative that would ban same-sex marriage in California has raised more than $25 million.
Frank Schubert, co-manager of ProtectMarriage.com, said nearly $23 million of the total has come in since the measure qualified for the Nov. 4 ballot in June.
Groups working for and against initiatives faced a midnight Monday deadline to report their campaign finance activity through the end of September.
As of Sept. 30, ProtectMarriage had $12.8 million cash on hand, despite having spent more than $10 million on securing air time for its television ads.
Proposition 8 would amend the state Constitution to limit marriage to between a man and a woman.
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