Radio ads urge "financially blessed" conservatives to "protect" marriage

The Christian Newswire is reporting that the antigay VoteYesMarriage.com coalition has begun airing ads on Christian radio stations throughout California—in San Diego, Los Angeles, Orange County, San Bernardino, Oxnard, Santa Barbara, Monterey County, San Francisco, Sacramento, Modesto, Fresno, and Bakersfield. They are 60 seconds in length and feature former state assemblyman Larry Bowler of Elk Grove telling those who are "financially blessed" that they "have the means to save marriage."

"We must raise more than $2 million to override the judges and politicians and fully and permanently protect marriage for one man and one woman. The only initiative that will accomplish this is the rock-solid VoteYesMarriage.com amendment," Bowler told the Christian Newswire.

According to the article, VoteYesMarriage.com is the sponsor of California's Voters' Right to Protect Marriage Initiative, which aims to permanently prohibit same-sex marriage by amending the California constitution.

Here's the full text of the ad:

LARRY BOWLER: Have you been financially blessed? Do you believe marriage is for a man and a woman and that government should stop forcing businesses to undermine marriage?

This is Assemblyman Larry Bowler. I served 30 years as a sheriff's deputy and six years in the California legislature. Now I'm a leader with the VoteYesMarriage.com campaign to protect everything about marriage in our state constitution.

Time is short. The California supreme court is scheming to create "same-sex marriages" as early as next year!

But there's great hope. If you've been financially blessed, you have the means to save marriage. The VoteYesMarriage.com must quickly raise $2-1/2 million to qualify our rock-solid marriage amendment for the ballot.

Will you help stop the judges and politicians? You can leave the legacy of marriage to future generations.

If you're a person of means, please call me personally at (916) 265-5643.

ANNOUNCER: Paid for by VoteYesMarriage.com. (END)

In 2000, California voters passed Proposition 22, which restricts same-sex marriage, though not constitutionally. (The Advocate)