California Teachers Financially Supported Gay Marriage Ban
Robert Benincasa of National Public Radio reveals individual California teachers and school employees gave far more money to support Proposition 8 – the ban on gay marriage – than to defeat it.
“Teachers, aides and counselors in California public school systems gave about $2 to support the marriage ban for every $1 they gave to oppose it. The educators gave some $450,000 in individual contributions to advocates supporting the ban and about $210,000 to those opposing it, according to the NPR analysis.”
These individual contributions were dwarfed by the $1.3 million the California Teachers Association contributed to the No on 8 campaign. California voters approved the ban, but CTA continues the battle, recently filing an amicus brief against enactment of the law.
“I think the CTA does represent the majority of its members,” said CTA spokeswoman Sandra Jackson. “I don’t believe that the overall membership is more conservative than the leadership. If so, I think we would hear about it.”
If you do not hear, perhaps it is from want of listening.
