Bill Gates Donates $500,000 To Marriage Equality In Washington

[meegbear]

Source: Instinctmagazine.com

The effort to make marriage equality the law of the land in Washington state just received a huge push to the tune of half a million dollars from Bill & Melinda Gates. The Associated Press reports:

Bill and Melinda Gates have donated $500,000 to the campaign to uphold the state's gay marriage law.

The donation was announced Tuesday by Washington United for Marriage, which is working to approve Referendum 74. The donation was made on Oct. 15, but didn't publicly post online with the Public Disclosure Commission until Tuesday. Referendum 74 asks voters to either approve or reject the law allowing same-sex marriage that was passed by the Legislature earlier this year.

The money seems to be working. Thanks to a $100k donation from the Gates earlier this year and nearly $11 million in total donations, 56.3 percent of registered voters support Referendum 74 and hope to bring marriage equality to Washington.

Read more: http://instinctmagazine.com/blogs/blog/bill-gates-donates-$500000-to-marriage-equality-in-washington?directory=100011

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[patrice]

1. Sweet!

Bill Gates!

[cemaphonic]

3. But he's also pushing the charter schools initiative

The WA initiatives look like they're going to a mixed bag.

[patrice]

4. I'll remember that. Charter schools are a license to brainwash, even more, . . .

at the expense of public education $$$$.

[glinda]

5. He is also in bed with Monsanto.

[Swede Atlanta]

6. Please be thankful for the positive things he and Belinda support....

I am vehemently anti school charter because of what it does to the public schools in the area but let us be thankful for the positive things. I would rather see the glass half full than half empty.

[LeftofObama]

2. Cool!

[mainer]

7. It WILL soon be the law of the land. We're in a transition period.

And this election (with four states in play for gay marriage) will make it clear that the nation has passed the point of no return.

[gateley]

8. Good for him! Thanks, Bill and Melinda!

[grantcart]

10. +1

[defacto7]

9. I never liked his product, but

their benevolence has been well aimed.

Thank you both.

[onehandle]

11. Bill needs to kick his college roommate out of Microsoft, and take back over.

Microsoft is doomed unless Ballmer is removed.

[meegbear]

13. What the FUCK does that have to do with marriage equality?

[ibegurpard]

12. while he works doggedly to undermine public education with the other hand