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Old 07-27-2012, 07:25 PM
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Default Re: General LGBTQIA issues thread

A few days ago, a woman who worked for amazon back when it only had a dozen or so employees sent an email Jeff Bezos Amazon's founder and ceo and asked him to donate 100-200 thousand dollars in support of the pro gay marriage referendum in washington state, their response was to pledge 2.5 million dollars.

Some people are good.

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2...x-marriage/?hp

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In the e-mail, Ms. Cast described in detail the pain she endured as a young adult and the difficulties she faced publicly acknowledging her sexuality. At the end, she pointedly asked him to donate between $100,000 and $200,000 to the referendum cause.

“Jeff, I suspect you support marriage equality,” she wrote. “I beg you not to sit on the sidelines and hope the vote goes our way. Help us make it so.”

She hit “send” and waited.

Two days later, on Tuesday, she received a reply while in a car with her family. Recalling that moment, she said she had to read it out loud twice to make sure she had read it right.

“Jen,” the e-mail said, “this is right for so many reasons. We’re in for $2.5 million. Jeff & MacKenzie.”
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