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August 21, 2009

Hon. Tim Kaine

Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia
Chairman of the Democratic National Committee
430 South Capitol Street SE
Washington, DC, 20003

Governor Kaine,

National Stonewall Democrats, on behalf our more than 120 affiliated chapters and
LGBT Democratic clubs across the country, formally requests that the Democratic National
Committee make a direct contribution of $25,000 in support of the No On 1 campaign in
• the state of Maine.

While there are plenty of areas where we have room to disagree as Democrats there can be
no compromise on the need to protect all Americans from discrimination In 2008, the
Democratic National Committee took a firm stand for basic fairness and equal opportunity
with a gift of $25,000 to the campaign to defeat Proposition 8 in California.

Today, the frondine in the battle to secure basic fairness and equal opportunity is in Maine.
With the support of the Democratic National Committee and from Democrats across our
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country we will win this battle to preserve the rights of all Mainers.
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Success in Maine on this front is critical to push back those forces that seek to resist change
we can believe in those same forces that are working to prevent health care reform, to
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prevent the expansion of workers rights, to prevent us from holding reckless Wall Street
executives accountable for their actions and to prevent us from enacting meaningful
immigration reform that lifts people up.

We, as Democrats, cannot afford to fail in Maine. Failure in Maine has consequences for our
larger national progressive agenda. We, as Democrats, ask for your support in these efforts.

Democratically yours,

Kyle Bailey
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Interim Executive Director

CC: Tom Petrillo, LGBT Leadership Council Director, DNC

Andy Szekeres, Finance Director, Maine Freedom to Marry
~cting Andrew Tobias, Treasurer, DNC
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