Fred Karger, the founder of Californians Against Hate, is the man responsible for exposing churches, business and individuals that contributed to the effort to get Prop 8 passed in California.

He first went after a hotel owner in San Diego by exposing the fact that he donated $125,000 to get Prop 8 on the ballot.  He moved on to expose the owner of a self-storage company who donated $693,000.  Fred then hit pay dirt when he discovered that the Mormon Church donated a large portion of the money spent trying to repeal gay marriage in California.

Now, the groups Yes on 8 and National Organization for Marriage are suing him and asking for all records associated with his investigation.

Fred dishes out a lot more dirt at his site Five For Fred.  Head over to learn more about the people and organizations that took away our right to marriage and help Fred and his tiny organization fight back against these large groups that are opposed to equal rights.

Some of the things Fred discovered:

• Doug Manchester, owner of two hotels in San Diego, gave $125,000 in seed money to help get Proposition 8 on the ballot.
• Terry Caster, owner of A-1 Self-Storage with 40 locations throughout California, gave $693,000 to end gay marriage.  Terry Caster was quoted by a journalist as saying “those kind of marriages would create a ’sick society.’”
• William Bolthouse, the founder of Bolthouse Farms, gave $100,000 to Prop 8.
• The Garff family of Salt Lake City’s Garff Automotive Group gave $100,000 to Prop 8.
• Fred estimates that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (aka Mormon Church) gave approximately $30 million of the $40 million spent on getting Prop 8 passed.  He states that the church only reported $2,200 in non-monetary contributions.

Please donate to Californians Against Hate and join the Facebook group!

In semi-related news, NOM has been disqualified from a $5 million contest being held by Chase Bank.

(Photo courtesy of Five For Fred)

Tags: California, Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Lawsuits, National Organization for Marriage, Prop 8