Bill Gates, Microsoft Founder, Steve Ballmer, MS CEO, Each Donate $100,000 For Marriage Equality

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Bill Gates, Microsoft Founder, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO, Each Donate $100,000 For Marriage Equality

Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer are coughing up a bit of cash for marriage equality.

According to the Associated Press, Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft, and Ballmer, the company's CEO, have each written $100,000 checks to Washington United for Marriage, a same-sex marriage advocacy group based in Seattle.

In February, Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire signed a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in the state, and the law was to go into effect on June 7. But that was put in hold last month when opponents gathered enough signatures to put the the bill up for referendum in the November general election.

According to its website, Washington United for Marriage "is a coalition of organizations, congregations, unions, and businesses working together to defend civil marriage for loving, committed same-sex couples."

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/02/bill-gates-steve-ballmer-microsoft-marriage-washington_n_1644532.html

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1. K&R !!! n/t