Co-founder of Facebook, partner pledge $100,000 to Maine same-sex marriage campaign
Source: BDN
PORTLAND, Maine — A co-founder of Facebook and the editor-in-chief of liberal magazine The New Republic has offered a $100,000 matching gift to the campaign supporting same-sex marriage.
Mainers United for Marriage on Monday announced the fundraising challenge from Chris Hughes and his fiance, Sean Eldrige, president of Hudson River Ventures and senior adviser to Freedom to Marry. The campaign will have until June 7 to raise the matching funds.
“Voters in Maine have a historic opportunity to win marriage at the ballot [box] in November,” Eldridge said in a press release issued by the Maine campaign. “We are encouraged by strong statewide support for the initiative and the top-notch campaign team that’s in place, and we hope that our support will motivate others to invest in the campaign. With numerous marriage equality cases heading to the Supreme Court, there is nothing more important than growing momentum and winning the freedom to marry in more states.”
Fundraising efforts will include direct mail and email solicitations, phone calls and the use of social media, David Farmer, spokesman for the campaign, said Monday.
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So hard to keep up. 
along with good people too. I honestly like the whole idea of FB. I've been able to be in touch with family and old friends. I don't like many of their practices, nor some of the assholes who founded FB, but at least one of them is doing something good with their money. 
