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["On Gay Marriage, Bush May Have Said All He's Going To" article, March 1, 2004]

Description: An article, written by Elisabeth Bumiller for The New York Times, about President George W. Bush's decision to support a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. The piece analyses what this move could mean for the campaign and includes Bush's history with LGBT issues and comments Charles C. Francis and others.
Date: March 1, 2004
Creator: Bumiller, Elisabeth

[Photo of Charlie Francis holding a folder]

Description: Photograph of Charles Inge Francis, the great uncle of Charles C. Francis and NTSU regent, standing in an office space with a Gothic cathedral painting on the wall behind him and a folder or papers in his hand. On the back is a handwritten note that reads "To J. R. Harris my nephew, Sincerely, Charles I. Francis 2-24-69". Beneath that note is a long three paragraph biography of Charles Inge Francis.
Date: February 24, 1969

[Photograph of NRCC donation]

Description: A photograph of the presentation of a $50,000 check to Congressman Tom Davis to aid in the National Republican Congressional Committee's funding of battleground campaigns. On the photo are handwritten notes. The top one reads "NRCC/RNC presentation" and the bottom one reads "$50,000 presentation to Cong. Tom Davis."
Date: October 2002
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[Priority notes written on a blank paper]

Description: A paper with handwritten notes from Karl Rove detailing which states and groups should be focused on during Charles C. Francis' campaigning. The notes read "1st Priority/ Calif., Washington State, Illinois, N. J., Pa., NY. 2nd Priority/ Ohio - Southern Ohio Catholics, Michigan - Suburban Union Democrats and Independents, [Oregon - Suburban & East Oregan Rural --s]". Some of Francis' own notes on the paper clarify some of the text.
Date: 2000
Creator: Rove, Karl
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[Republican Unity Coalition press release, October]

Description: A press release from the Republican Unity Coalition stating that they will not be endorsing any candidate in the Presidential elections. They cite Bush's recent statements about amending the U.S. Constitution on the basis of same-sex marriage and state that it is a state's decision not a federal decision. At the top is contact information for Gene Lawson, Executive Director of RUC.
Date: 2004-10~
Creator: Republican Unity Coalition
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[Thank you note from Barbara Bush]

Description: Scan of a thank-you note from Barbara Bush to Charles C. Francis. The note reads "Dear Charles - A million thanks for your announcement card. You are with the best! (Unclear)- Barbara Bush". It was written on 'The Vice President's House' stationery.
Date: March 25, 1984
Creator: Bush, Barbara
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[Two emails to Charles C. Francis, August 24, 1999]

Description: The first is an email from Walter Olson to Charles C. Francis about the anti-gay pledge, and a piece that Olson wrote about it. The second is an email from Karl Rove to Charles C. Francis and it is also about the anti-gay pledge being circulated by Bill Horn.
Date: August 24, 1999
Creator: Olson, Walter & Rove, Karl
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[Washington Blade marriage amendment coverage, March 5, 2004]

Description: A front page from the Washington Blade newspaper covering responses to the recent candidate and Presidential support of a same-sex marriage ban. The first covers John Kerry, a Democratic nominee, announcing his support of a same-sex marriage ban in the Massachusetts Constitution and the response. The second covers the resignation of an appointee to the George W. Bush Presidential administration following Bush's support of the marriage-ban being added to the Constitution.
Date: March 5, 2004
Creator: Brune, Adrian & Chibbaro, Lou, Jr.
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