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Founded | 2002 |
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26-4753183 (EIN) | |
Registration no. | C3196520 |
Focus | Political advocacy |
Location | |
Key people | Ron Prentice, Executive Director |
Revenue | $416,921 (2009)[1] |
Website | protectmarriage |
Formerly called | California Renewal |
ProtectMarriage.com was a collection of conservative and religious American political activist groups aligned in opposition to same-sex marriage.[2][3] The coalition's stated goal is to "defend and restore the definition of marriage as between a man and a woman."[4] Beginning in 2001 as Proposition 22 Legal Defense and Education Fund holding the domain name protectmarriage.com, the organization reformed in 2005 as a coalition to sponsor California Proposition 8, called the California Marriage Protection Act,[5] and was successful in placing it on the ballot in 2008. Proposition 8 amended the California Constitution, putting a halt to same-sex marriages in California for nearly two years until the proposition was overturned as unconstitutional. While it was in effect, ProtectMarriage.com defended the amendment in a series of legal challenges. Ron Prentice is the executive director.[2]