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ohgeewhiz

(193 posts) Sat Jul 28, 2012, 04:19 PM Jul 2012

Amazon.com CEO Gives $2.5 Million To WA Marriage Campaign

http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/amazoncom-ceo-gives-25-million-wa-mar

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie, announced Friday they are donating $2.5 million to the campaign to defend Washington’s same-sex marriage law.

With the gift, Washington United for Marriage has raised more than $5 million for its referendum campaign.
ENLARGE
Jeff Bezos, Amazon CEO and founder.
“It’s a game changer for us,” said campaign manager Zach Silk in Seattle. “It puts us in unique position to win.”

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