Proposition 8 supporters are calling on leaders of the "No on 8" campaign and government officials to denounce the attacks against those who supported California's constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman.
"Amidst all this lawlessness, harassment, trampling of civil rights and now domestic terrorism, one thing stands out: the deafening silence of our elected officials," said Frank Schubert, co-manager of "Yes on 8."
"Not a single elected leader has spoken out against what is happening. Where is Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger while churches are being attacked? And where is Senator Dianne Feinstein while people are losing their jobs and grandmothers are being bullied by an angry mob?"
Schubert spoke at a press conference Friday, 10 days after Proposition 8 received 52.5 percent of the vote. On Saturday, anti-marriage protests were planned in every state.
Consider some of the recent outrage:
• In Sacramento, a musical theater director was forced to resign after he was blacklisted for contributing $1,000 to the initiative.
• A Mexican restaurant in Los Angeles has been boycotted after a relative of the owner donated to the coalition.
• Numerous churches have had their property defaced.
• An unknown white powder was mailed to several Mormon temples and the national headquarters of the Knights of Columbus.
"For 14 months, we have been called bigots and hatemongers, and we have not retaliated against these unprecedented attacks," said Jim Garlow, a pastor in San Diego. "But we will not be silenced."
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