The anti-gay blacklist

Check out the anti-gay blacklist. It's a list of the businesses and individuals that were major donors to back Proposition 8.( EDIT: See who donated from your zip code here.) I was looking it over and some of the entries were just insane. On a high level, the amount of donations that came from outside of CA (ahem - UTAH) is unreal. Beyond that, some people put some serious fucking scratch into that campaign.

There were plenty of four-figure donors, too many to research, so I just focused on the five-figure donors. Feel free to research the other folks if you want. (EDIT: And here's the full list.)

First we have these guys over at Container Supply Company, Inc. that donated $250,000. That's a quarter of a million dollars spent to make it so two people in love with each other can't be protected under the law. A quarter of a million dollars. I imagine the decision to donate that money came from Robert S. Hurtt, JR. - the president of the company. It's just amazing that there is so much hatred in this man that he'd send $250,000 to this cause. It's also amazing that his container company makes that much. The man used to be a California state senator so maybe he got the extra scratch from that gig, because we know how much state senators make. (EDIT: Robert Hurtt also donated $25,000 independent of Container Supply Company and two days before their 250k donation the company put up $1,520. So that's actually $276,520.)

The $95,000 donation from Fieldstead & Company came from "philanthropist" Howard Ahmanson JR. but he's on record for hating the gays with a passion. So, pass?

$20,000 from Bruce Andrus who owns Huntington Hotels in Park City, Utah - I can't find anything online about a hotel by that name. Front?

Husband and wife team of Monica and Paul Kepes from Chicago combined $19,800. Monica's not listed as working at a business but she appears to be tied to some company called Orion Investments, LLC which is registered in Florida.

Jay Clark of A&Z Produce coughed up $25,000. Utah, of course.

$10,000 from Jan Pinney.

$25,000 from Richard Jordan who may work here. Not entirely sure. He's listed as working for Natural Success International at Laguna Nigel, an area that is about 15 miles from Natural Success at Encinitas, CA.

$21,500 from Douglas Clark, a consultant for Cirrus Financial. You'd think with the economy down the shitter a consultant for a financial company wouldn't have over 20k of hate-money lying around. Oh well.

Scott Kuhen from Yuba, CA was smart enough to put an industry instead of a company when donating his $28,750.

That's what I got for now, feel free to continue on your own sites. Then watch Olbermann's Special Comment on Prop 8. I can't say it better so I won't...

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