California’s Orange County’s known for its Bible-thumping Republicans, and the famous area’s residents are rallying against a decidedly progressive issue and have donated a total of $1.6 million to defeat support Proposition 8, a measure that would ban gay marriage in the Golden State. [OC Register]
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Adam
The headline is “O.C. donors give $1.6 million for ban on gay marriage.”
They’ve given money to support Prop. 8, which bans gay marriage.
As someone who grew up there, I thought it sounded strange that O.C. right-wingers would be pro-gay marriage. It turns out that they aren’t.
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THANK YOU ADAM for pointing out the totally wrong mis-read Queerty has splashed on our screens.
The article states:
“Donations from here to support Prop. 8 constitute 24 percent of the $6.8 million raised statewide, according to campaign finance records filed with the California Secretary of State through Aug. 28. Orange County’s portion accounts for 15 percent of the $10.9 million that had been raised nationwide in support of Prop. 8.
“Orange County is home not only to numerous individual Prop. 8 supporters, but also to the state’s most generous donor and a major Prop. 8 fundraising committee. The National Organization for Marriage-California, a political committee that has collected $2.8 million of the $10.9 million total to fuel the fight, is headquartered in Santa Ana. The biggest donation in California comes from a local billionaire’s Irvine-based foundation.
Local donations against Prop. 8 total $50,000, making up 1 percent of the $4.7 million state total and an almost negligible portion of the $9.6 million raised nationally.”
Queerty, please read the whole article before you post nonsense.
Rick Heintz
People in the OC want to ban same sex marriage? Hold on for a second… wait for it…it’s coming…There it is… My big shocked face!!!!
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