Californians Against Hate Targets Mega Donor Terry Caster — $693,000 to Yes on Prop 8!

The 2nd Biggest Donor to Protect Marriage Being Targeted

SAN DIEGO — Terry Caster, who owns A-1 Self Storage Company of San Diego, was the 2nd-highest individual contributor to the Protect Marriage campaign. Caster and his family gave nearly $700,000 to Yes on 8, including $400,000 just five days before the election.

"This guy must really not like same-sex marriage," said Fred Karger, Campaign Manager of Californians Against Hate in his published blog in The Huffington Post. "Mr. Caster and many of his eight sons and daughters and their spouses have given a combined total of $693,000 to the Protect Marriage campaign between January and November 4, 2008."

Caster told the San Diego Union-Tribune in May that marriage equality threatens society. "Without solid marriage, you are going to have a sick society," he said. Caster also encouraged his friend Doug Manchester, owner of the Manchester Grand Hyatt, to give $125,000 to the campaign, the newspaper reported.

Terrence R. Caster owns A-1 Self Storage, which has 40 locations throughout California with over 4 million storage units.

We are curious as to why Mr. Caster saw fit to contribute so much money to this campaign of fear and hate. So effective today, we are asking our millions of friends and supporters all over the United States to help us by Calling Terry Caster and asking him why he and his family are so strongly against marriage equality.

Call Terry Caster at A-1 Self Storage Toll Free

Corporate Office Number: 800-219-4854 ext. 106

Customer Service Number: 800-210-8979

When you call, please be respectful and courteous to Mr. Caster and his associates. It is a free country and Terry Caster and his family have every right to contribute as much money as they want to this effort. Lots of people just want to know why.

Californians Against Hate officially kicked off its campaign to identify the major donor funders of Proposition 8 on Friday, July 18, 2008 in San Diego with a lunchtime demonstration and rally against hate. We announced our first action against one of the largest donors to qualify this Amendment, Doug Manchester, CEO of the Manchester Financial Group.

Mr. Manchester, who owns three hotels, contributed $125,000 this year to take away marriage equality in California. Californians Against Hate called for a boycott of all three of Doug Manchester’s Hotels. They are the Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel and the Grand del Mar Resort both in San Diego and the Whitetail Club and Resort in McCall, Idaho.

Californians Against Hate will act as a truth squad during the next 3 ½ months. With this information about where the money came from to support Proposition 8, people can chose whether or not they want to patronize the businesses owned by these major donors.

We believe that the truth should be known about who is funding their campaign of hate.