ProtectMarriage.com - Yes on 8, a Project of California Renewal et al v. Bowen et al

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DECLARATION of John Doe #18 in SUPPORT OF #110 MOTION for SUMMARY JUDGMENT. (Bieniek, Scott)

ProtectMarriage.com - Yes on 8, a Project of California Renewal et al v. Bowen et al

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John Doe #18
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Declaration of REDACTED in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment

James Bopp, Jr. (Ind. State Bar No. 2838-84)* Richard E. Coleson (Ind. State Bar No. 11527-70)* Barry A. Bostrom (Ind. State Bar No.11912-84)* Sarah E. Troupis (Wis. State Bar No. 1061515)* Scott F. Bieniek (Ill. State Bar No. 6295901)* BOPP, COLESON & BOSTROM 1 South Sixth Street Terre Haute, IN 47807-3510 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Counsel for All Plaintiffs Benjamin W. Bull (AZ Bar No. 009940)* ALLIANCE DEFENSE FUND 15100 North 90th Street Scottsdale, Arizona 85260 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Counsel for All Plaintiffs Timothy D. Chandler (Cal. State Bar No. 234325)** ALLIANCE DEFENSE FUND 101 Parkshore Drive, Suite 100 Folsom, CA 95630 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Counsel for All Plaintiffs * Admitted Pro Hac Vice ** Designated Counsel for Service United States District Court Eastern District of California Sacramento Division

ProtectMarriage.com, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Debra Bowen, et al., Defendants.

Case No. 2:09-CV-00058-MCE-DAD DECLARATION OF IN REDACTED SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT Date: TBD Time: TBD. Judge England

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John Doe #18
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Declaration of REDACTED in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment

I, REDACTED , make the following declaration pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746: 1. I am a resident of the state of California over 18 years of age, and my statements herein are based on personal knowledge. 2. I supported the passage of Proposition 8. 3. In support of Proposition 8, I served as a coordinator for Proposition 8 at my parish. Among the tasks that I performed as the coordinator were to go to the diocese and obtain inserts for our weekly church bulletins. I also distributed these inserts to other churches, including some churches that were not Catholic churches. 4. On November 2, 2008, the Sunday before the November 2008 election, two of these inserts were placed in each church bulletin. 5. After Mass on November 2, 2008, I attended a pancake breakfast at my church. 6. On my way to the pancake breakfast, I noticed that several signs supporting Proposition 8 that had been placed near the church had been removed. I replaced those signs with ones I had in my car. 7. After replacing the signs, a woman and her daughter told me that she did not like me putting up signs supporting Proposition 8. 8. I asked the woman if she was a parishioner at my church, and she replied that she was a parishioner. I am not a confrontational person, and I told her that our faith required the woman and her daughter to support Proposition 8, and discussed the basic elements of Proposition 8. 9. The woman and her daughter continued ranting about my support of Proposition 8 for several minutes, before leaving. 10. As a coordinator for Proposition 8 at my parish, I also distributed signs supporting Proposition 8. This is why I had signs in my car on November 2, 2008, which I could use to replace the ones that had been removed near the church. 11. On five occasions in the weeks leading up to the November 2008 election, I put out Yes on 8 signs. On each of these five occasions, the signs were removed. On one of these

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Declaration of REDACTED in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment

occasions, the sign was gone within two or three hours of me putting it out. 12. Although I would support a cause similar to Proposition 8 in the future, these incidents shook me to the core. I DECLARE UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY THAT THE FOREGOING IS TRUE AND CORRECT.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I, Scott F. Bieniek, am over the age of 18 years and not a party to the within action. My business address is 1 South Sixth Street, Terre Haute, Indiana 47807. On June 3, 2009, I electronically filed the foregoing document described as Declaration of John Doe #18 in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment, with the Clerk of Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to: Zackery P. Morazzini [e-mail] Attorney for Defendants Debra Bowen and Edmund G. Brown, Jr. Judy W. Whitehurst [e-mail] Attorney for Defendant Dean C. Logan Terence J. Cassidy [e-mail] Attorney for Defendant Jan Scully Mollie M. Lee [e-mail] Attorney for Defendants Dennis J. Herrera and Department of Elections - City and Count of San Francisco Lawrence T. Woodlock [e-mail] Attorney for Defendant Members of the Fair Political Practices Commission I declare under the penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Indiana that the above is true and correct. Executed this 3rd day of June, 2009.

/s/ Scott F. Bieniek Scott F. Bieniek (Ill. State Bar No. 6295901) Counsel for All Plaintiffs

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