Billionaire Amazon.com founder and president Jeff Bezos is donating $2.5 million to help a Washington state law that legalized gay marriage survive a referendum this November. Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie, are now among the largest donors to gay marriage in the country, The New York Times reported.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos donated $2.5 million to help pass a same-sex marriage referendum in Washington state. The news follows on the heels of Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy’s comments about gay marriage.
Gay marriage was legalized in Washington state in February, but opponents immediately started a campaign to recall the law in a referendum. Gay marriage is legal in six states, but it has failed every single time it has been put up to a popular vote. Supporters in Washington and Maryland are hoping to buck that trend in November, when their recent laws allowing same-sex marriage go up for a vote. So far, the pro-gay marriage camp is out-raising its opponents in Washington, in part thanks to help from Silicon Valley. Microsoft’s Bill Gates and Steven Ballmer each gave $100,000 to same-sex marriage supporters, the Times says. source – Yahoo News
