LEVI'S JOINS FIGHT TO DEFEAT MARRIAGE BAN + SAVING MARRIAGE THE MOVIE
Levi Strauss & Co. is putting its famous pockets behind defeating a ballot initiative that would outlaw same-sex marriage in California. The San Francisco-based jeans maker said thursday it will co-chair with Pacific Gas & Electric a group trying to drum up opposition to Proposition 8 in the business community.
In July, PG&E donated $250,000 to the campaign to defeat the gay marriage ban and announced it hoped to persuade other corporations to do the same ... Levi Strauss has pledged $25,000 to Equality for All, the coalition leading the No on 8 campaign, says company spokesman E.J. Bernacki. Robert Haas, the company's chairman emeritus, and his wife have given $100,000, Bernacki said. Read more SF Gate
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In November of 2003, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial court ruled gay marriage legal. Public outcry pushed conservative legislators to approve a constitutional amendment that would override the decision and take marriage away from the gay and lesbian couples but there is still hope.
SAVING MARRIAGE chronicles the two-year, long drama that unfolds as career politicians who stand up to their constituents and follow their hearts; seasoned lobbyists who see the dream of the gay rights movement suddenly within reach; and as the gay community spurs into action by an issue that could change their lives.
SAVING MARRIAGE opens in select markets on Friday, October 10, 2008.
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