Bill Gates and CEO Steve Ballmer Each Donate $100,000 for Marriage Equality

The Bible beaters and the One Million Bitches definitely need to expand their boycott of gay friendly corporations.  The question is, whether there be anything left that they can purchase.  JC Penney, Sears, Ford, Walgreens, Starbucks and a host off other companies are supportive of gay rights and marriage equality.  Over the weekend, I even received a brochure from the Danbury Mint for gay marriage Christmas ornaments.  Now, Bill Gates and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer have each contributed $100,00 to help defeat Referendum 74, which seeks to overturn the law allowing same-sex marriage in Washington state that was enacted earlier this year.  One has to wonder how these boycotting bigots will even be able to e-mail their threats and protests if they avoid all Microsoft products.  Here are highlights from the Seattle Times:  

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and CEO Steve Ballmer are each donating $100,000 to support the campaign to uphold Washington state's new gay marriage law, according to The Associated Press.

That law, which was passed by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Chris Gregoire in February, faces a referendum vote in November.

The AP cites Zach Silk, campaign manager for Washington United for Marriage, who says the checks were cut on Friday and are being reported to the state Public Disclosure Commission Monday afternoon.

Microsoft has been supportive of gay marriage, signing on to a letter in January with other prominent local companies urging the Legislature to pass the gay-marriage bill. In November, it had joined with about 70 major companies nationwide in a friend-of-the-court brief in support of a challenge to the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which defines marriage as between one man and one woman.

And with Apple also being supportive of marriage equality, the bigots don't even have the alternative of using their Macs to spread their hate and bigotry.   If the anti-gay forces want to inflict Bronze Age writings and myths on all of society, it is perhaps appropriate that they be forced to use Bronze Age technology.