Elsa Prince Mother of Erik of Blackwater Infamy Gave $450,000 in Support of Prop 8

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With all the talk about Blackwater right now I found this and wanted to post if for those that had not seen it before:

Michigan billionaire Elsa Prince singled out in fight against Prop. 8
by Jessica Carreras

http://www.pridesource.com/rssarticle.shtml?article=32757

The fight to eliminate marriage equality in California rages on, and one of the largest donors? Michigan's own Elsa Prince.

Prince donated $200,000 on Aug. 8 and $250,000 on Aug. 14 for a grand total of $450,000, making her the fourth largest personal donor and seventh largest overall in support of Proposition 8. The measure, if passed, would define marriage in California as between one man and one woman only. The state's Supreme Court ruled in May of this year in favor of marriage equality for same-sex couples. Since the ruling went into effect in June, over 10,000 same-sex couples have been married in California. The legitimacy of those marriages if Proposition 8 is passed is unclear, and could possibly cause vast legal issues.

But supporters of Proposition 8 like Prince, are putting the definition of marriage first.

Prince is the widow of Edgar Prince, who founded Prince Automotive and invented the lighted sun visor mirror. The invention made them billionaires.

Prince is mother to daughter Betsy DeVos, wife of 2006 Michigan Republican gubernatorial hopeful Richard (Dick) DeVos. Her son, Erik Prince, is the notorious head of Blackwater Worldwide, the controversial company that made headlines in 2007 when the U.S. Congress investigated his company for illegal weapon smuggling in Iraq.

The Princes have a long history of involvement in the anti-LGBT movement. They helped to create Focus on the Family, a Colorado-based religious organization behind many local and national anti-gay endeavors.

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They have been called the Taliban of American Families - Theocracy at its worst and right along side the Mormon's - how convenient!