I think it was a couple years ago when the New York legislature was contemplating marriage equality that Michael Bloomberg got a few of his rich colleagues to get behind the effort and pressure GOP lawmakers. That effort was enough difference that the billionaires are at it again.
The American Unity PAC and Fund are financed by these rich guys for the purpose of lobbying GOP lawmakers for marriage equality. In just the last month the Fund has spent a half million in Rhode Island, Delaware, Indiana(!), West Virginia(!), and Utah(!!). A quarter million (don't know if it is part of that half million) was spent in Minnesota, which is busy working on a marriage equality bill and need every GOP vote they can get.
A secondary purpose of this money is to show that marriage equality is not just a Democrat policy. But there are risks -- the Minnesota branch of the National Organization for Marriage has said it will seek to unseat any GOP lawmaker who votes for equality.
This page shows three comments. One is from Minnesota United (the good guys). Another essentially says support for marriage equality is a conservative value. The third says, "No group that favors homosexual marriage is conservative." Sigh. They've got a lot of work ahead of them. Even so I welcome this effort.
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