Contact: Sonja Eddings Brown, 818-993-4509, 818-723-9446; Chip White, 916-446-2956, 916-215-4392

MEDIA ADVISORY, October 6 /Christian Newswire/ -- The Protect Marriage Coalition reported today that it has received contributions of nearly 22.8 million dollars since the first of June when Proposition 8 qualified for the ballot in California. This, added to earlier contributions of 2.4 million dollars last Spring, brings the total dollars raised in support of Protect Marriage to $25.4 million. The state filing by the Protect Marriage Coalition today was nearly 5,000 pages long, recording tens of thousands of individual donations.

Protect Marriage campaign manager Frank Schubert acknowledged the enormous fund-raising success "shows the strength of our cause and the tremendous grass roots support for traditional marriage across the state." About two-thirds of all donations received have been $100 or less. Over 62,000 donations have been received to date. Ninety-five percent of all donations have come from within California.

In So California Contact: Sonja Eddings Brown sonja@protectmarriage.com

818-993-4509 or 818-723-9446

In No California Contact: Chip White chip@protectmarriage.com

916-446-2956 or 916-215-4392

PROTECT MARRIAGE 915 L Street #C-259

Sacramento, California 94814