<p><a href=http://www.dignitysanfrancisco.org target=_blank><img alt=Dignity/San Francisco logo src=/sites/default/files/logos/SanFrancisco_0.jpg style=float: right; margin: 5px; /></a>Members and friends of <a href=http://www.dignitysanfrancisco.org>Dignity/San Francisco</a> established Catholics for Marriage Equality in California (CME) in June 2009. That first year we conducted rosary vigils at the cathedrals in San Francisco and Oakland and co-organized a demonstration in Berkeley in response to the anti-gay activism of Oakland Bishop Salvatore Cordileone.</p> <p>In January 2010 we started the monthly CME newsletter Communion. Featuring contributions from religious leaders scholars and activists Communion usually runs to 14 pages. It is sent out to a list and is available for download on the <a href=http://www.dignitysanfrancisco.org/CME/index.htm>Marriage Equality/CME page</a> of the Dignity/San Francisco website.</p> <p>Since October 2010 Dignity/San Francisco has provided a stipend to support the production of the newsletter. At this time the Board feels that financial support for the CME newsletter should come primarily from other sources. We have recently received a grant of $250 from the COIL foundation and a gift of $1000 dollars from Dignity/San Francisco pioneer Tom Savignano (whose poetry has appeared in Communion). But the funding for Communion is still in peril. Your<a href=https://www.justgive.org/nonprofits/donate.jsp?ein=23-7398298 target=_blank> tax-deductible gifts</a> as individuals or DignityUSA chapters would be very much appreciated.</p> <p>Funding for CME is DignityUSAistered by Dignity/San Francisco and checks can be made out to Dignity/San Francisco with &ldquo;CME&rdquo; or &ldquo;Communion&rdquo; in the notation. Our address is 1329 7th Avenue San Francisco CA 94122. While the focus of the newsletter is California we also cover developments in other states (Washington Maine Maryland Minnesota) as well as national and international developments. We hope to continue producing the newsletter monthly until January at which time we will shift to a quarterly schedule until DOMA is overturned.&nbsp;</p>