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The Blackwater Connection To Yes On 8

By The Daily Dish

Oct 27 2008, 12:44 PM ET

Among the biggest contributors to the campaign to strip gay married couples of their equality:

Holland resident Elsa Prince Broekhuizen has pumped $450,000 into a Nov. 4 California ballot issue to ban gay marriage. It is one of the largest private donations to that cause.

Elsa Prince Broekhuizen is the mother of far right mercenary and Bush crony, Erik Prince, of Blackwater fame. You can counter her donation here. A recent surge in small donations has made No On 8 financially competitive in a big media state. The parents of two children featured in a recent anti-marriage ad are demanding its withdrawal:



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