Facebook Co-Founder offers $100,000 Matching Gift to support Marriage Equality in Maine

Chris Hughes and his fiance, Sean Eldridge are offering a fundraising challenge to fund Mainers United for Marriage , a marriage equality group. Maine will be voting again this fall on whether to offer marriage equality to all in the state. The matching grant is pledging $100,000.

In 2009, the anti-gay politicians, clergy and hate groups deluged Maine with the usual lies about gays and what granting them equality would mean.

The overall message was that if it happened, all kindergartners would need to be taught about anal sex, and Christians would be shackled and silenced and be forced to marry gays, ducks and myriad farm animals… Oh yeah, and brothers and sisters would be lining up to get hitched.

Raising money to combat the bigotry of the GOP and evangelical ministries is vital. Mr. Hughs and his fiancé using their notoriety and fortunes to educate Maine about how important, necessary and inevitable movement toward Liberty and Justice For All will help drown your the shrill lies from the right.

The matching program runs until June 7 , 2012

Read an article drone the Bangor Daily News here.