The Blackwater USA Connection To "Yes On 8"

There are many reasons to dislike Proposition 8 and its supporters who in my opinion are Christo-fascists who seek to superimpose their religious views on the CIVIL laws. Laws that should not be controlled by the religious views of one extreme mindset. It turns out that the supporters of Proposition 8 do in fact have fascist like ties in the form of Elsa Prince Broekhuizen, the mother of the Chimperator's favorite private mercenary, Erik Prince, the founder and chairman of Blackwater, USA. Broekhuizen who is a RESIDENT OF HOLLAND, MICHIGAN - has contributed $450,000 to the anti-gay forces in California. For background, Blackwater - whose hired personnel are alleged to have murdered innocent Iraqi citizens last year - is a sinister near neighbor to Norfolk with training facilities and a compound in nearby Moyock, North Carolina. Here are highlights from the Grand Rapids Press concerning the Blackwater related contributions to "Yes on 8":

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Holland resident Elsa Prince Broekhuizen has pumped $450,000 into a Nov. 4 California ballot issue to ban gay marriage. It is one of the largest private donations to that cause. . . . In 2004, Broekhuizen was the top West Michigan contributor to Michigan's anti-gay marriage amendment, adding $75,000 to the cause.

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Broekhuizen, 75, is mother to Betsy DeVos, the former state GOP chair who is married to 2006 GOP gubernatorial candidate Dick DeVos, and Erik Prince, founder of private security firm Blackwater Worldwide. She is the widow of the late Holland industrialist Edgar Prince and has remarried. An assistant to Broekhuizen, who asked not to be named, said the issue is "very important to her. It's near and dear to her heart. "She likes to give from her heart and not for public recognition."

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The donations are consistent with numerous contributions to traditional-value causes by the Edgar and Elsa Prince Foundation. It gave $510,000 from July 2006 to June 2007 to the Family Research Council and $300,000 to Focus on the Family. Both organizations oppose gay marriage, a stance underlined when Focus on the Family founder James Dobson cautioned in 2005 that gay marriage "will bring the destruction of this nation."

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Michigan voters approved a constitutional ban against gay marriage in 2004, with assurances from supporters it would not affect domestic partnerships. But in May, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled the gay marriage ban also prevents governments and state universities from recognizing domestic partnerships to provide health insurance to the partners of gay workers.

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I find it beyond sad that a disgustingly wealthy NON-RESIDENT can and will give so much money in order to attempt to strip California gay and lesbian couples of the right to a CIVIL marriage. Wouldn't the money be better used feeding the hungry and clothing the poor as Christ directed? Oops! I forgot, these people are Christian in name only.

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You can counter her donation, and those of the Mormons and Knights of Columbus here.