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

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DECLARATION of John Doe #1 in Support Of #16 MOTION for PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A)(Chandler, Timothy)

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

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John Doe #1
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James Bopp, Jr. (Ind. State Bar No. 2838-84)* 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, Indiana 47807-3510 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, California 95630 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Counsel for All Plaintiffs * Pro Hac Vice Application Pending ** Designated Counsel for Service

United States District Court Eastern District of California

Case No. 2:09-CV-00058-MCE-DAD ProtectMarriage.com, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Debra Bowen, et al., Defendants. DECLARATION OF REDACTED IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION Date: TBD Time: TBD Judge England

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John Doe #1
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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 the passage of Proposition 8, I donated $XX,XXX to ProtectMarriage.com ­ Yes on 8. 4. I own

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, a local REDACTED store
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in the Counties of REDACTED ,

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. I have a total of

stores in this area.

5. My donation to ProtectMarriage.com ­ Yes on 8 was a personal one, but because one has to list an employer, I had to list the name of my business since I am self-employed. 6. In support of the passage of Proposition 8, I placed a yard sign in the front yard of my home. 7. In support of the passage of Proposition 8, I also made phone calls on behalf of the Proposition 8 campaign with a group of people from my church. 8. In October 2008, someone put flyers on all the cars in the parking lot of my REDACTED store. These fliers referenced my support of Proposition 8 and my financial contribution. 9. I believe that, because I was required to provide the name of my business when I made my personal donation to ProtectMarriage.com ­ Yes on 8, and because this information was made available to the public, my stores have been targeted for various forms of harassment. 10. On the social networking website of Facebook, at least three "groups" have been formed urging boycotts of

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(Boycott REDACTED , Boycott REDACTED , and Boycott REDACTED ­

Equality for All!!!). As of January 9, 2009, one of these groups had over 160 members. 11. Someone started

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and for a portion of November 2008, paid for it to

be a sponsored link on Google. What this means is that, when one searches for my company on websites that show Google's sponsored links, on the list of sponsored links. 12. The website

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is the first website that appears

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makes reference to my personal donation in support

of Proposition 8 and urges people to boycott my stores on the basis of my support

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John Doe #1
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13. On Yelp.com, a website featuring reviews of local businesses and restaurants, several negative reviews of my stores have been posted. None of the reviews have anything to do with my business, but instead reference my donation to ProtectMarriage.com ­ Yes on 8. 14. Various other websites have published negative reviews of my stores based solely on my donation to ProtectMarriage.com ­ Yes on 8. 15. Since the passage of Proposition 8, my REDACTED store has been picketed twice. 16. On November XX , 2008, there was a march in opposition to Proposition 8 in downtown
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. The REDACTED Police Department called and informed me that they had received information

that the protestors planned to march to my REDACTED store and picket there. 17. Several of the protestors who came to the REDACTED store on November XX , 2008 were fairly aggressive. They stood in front of the entrance to the store and attempted to give flyers to my customers stating that they should not shop at my stores because of my donation to Proposition 8. A true and correct copy of the flyer distributed by the picketers is attached to this Declaration as Exhibit A. 18. Several people arrived and were fairly aggressive. They stood in front of the entrance to the store and attempted to give flyers to my customers stating that they should not shop at my stores because of my donation to Proposition 8. 19. The second time that my REDACTED store was picketed, several people assembled in front of the entrance to the store and tried to get my customers to sign some sort of petition. 20. The manager of the store told the protestors they could not block the entrances and exits of the store. The protestors refused to leave. 20. We called the REDACTED Police Department and asked them to ask the protestors to move to the sidewalk, since they were standing in front of the entrances and we believed they were trespassing, because the store is located on private property. 21. The REDACTED Police Department told me that the store is a public place and that the protestors were not trespassing. The Police Department refused to ask the protestors to relocate to the sidewalk. 22. After the passage of Proposition 8, an individual came into my REDACTED store, filled a shopping cart with groceries, and took it to the check-out line. Once the cashier had scanned in all of

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John Doe #1
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the items in the shopping cart, the individual announced that he was not going to buy anything because I supported Proposition 8, and left without paying for the items. 23. I have retained many but not all of the letters and hundreds of e-mails that my stores or I received because of my support of Proposition 8. 24. My stores received numerous harassing phone calls that referenced my support of Proposition 8. 25. Around 30-40 people have walked into my stores since the passage of Proposition 8 and expressed their displeasure about my support of Proposition 8. 26. Because of my concerns about product tampering in light of my support of Proposition 8, I have been forced to install an additional sixteen security cameras in my stores to protect the integrity and safety of our products. 27. These experiences will hinder me from donating to a cause similar to Proposition 8 in the future. I feel very strongly about the issue of same-sex marriage, but in the future I would support a measure like Proposition 8 more discretely and would not donate like this again. I feel it is very unfair that I could not make my donation a personal matter only and leave the name of my business out. As a result of my personal donation, my stores and my employees have been subject to harassment, and I feel this is not right. I DECLARE UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY THAT THE FOREGOING IS TRUE AND CORRECT. Executed on

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PROOF OF SERVICE I, Timothy D. Chandler, am over the age of 18 years and not a party to the within action. My business address is 101 Parkshore Drive, Suite 100; Folsom, California 95630. On January 15, 2009, I electronically filed the foregoing document described as Declaration of John Doe #1 in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction, with the Clerk of Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to: Zackery Paul Morazzini [e-mail] Attorney for Defendants Debra Bowen and Edmund C. Brown, Jr. And, pursuant to Rule 5-135(f), on January 15, 2009, I served the foregoing document described as Declaration of John Doe #1 in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction by placing true and correct copies of the documents in sealed envelopes with postage thereon fully prepaid, in the United States mail at Folsom, California, addressed to the following non-CM/ECF participants: Dean C. Logan Office of the Registrar-Recorder 12400 Imperial Highway Norwalk, California 90650 Department of Elections, City and County of San Francisco c/o Office of the Mayor Gavin Newsom 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place San Francisco, California 94102 Jan Scully Office of the District Attorney 901 G Street Sacramento, California 95814 Eileen Teichert Office of the City Attorney New City Hall Building 915 I Street, 4th Floor Sacramento, California 95814 Ross Johnson California Fair Political Practices Commission 428 J. Street, Suite 620 Sacramento, California 95814

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Timothy Hodson California Fair Political Practices Commission 428 J. Street, Suite 620 Sacramento, California 95814 Eugene Huguenin, Jr. California Fair Political Practices Commission 428 J. Street, Suite 620 Sacramento, California 95814 Robert Leidigh California Fair Political Practices Commission 428 J. Street, Suite 620 Sacramento, California 95814 and Ray Remy California Fair Political Practices Commission 428 J. Street, Suite 620 Sacramento, California 95814 Defendants

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the above is true and correct. Executed on January 15, 2009 at Folsom, California. s/Timothy D. Chandler Timothy D. Chandler (CA Bar No. 234325) Attorney for Plaintiff

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