[L.N. Smithee]

Critics, including employees who said they were told that Microsoft would back the bill, said the decision to withdraw support had been made under pressure from a local evangelical preacher who threatened to boycott the company if it supported the legislation this year. Company officials have disputed the accusation.

I read about this earlier. That scenario doesn't make a maddog bit of sense to me -- Microsoft shaking in its boots because of a local church no one had heard of outside of Redmond, WA? Whatta crock.

IMHO, the Gay-stapo used the insignificant church's threat to rally its forces against Microsoft.

[Lexinom]

Pastor Ken Hutcherson, a former player for the Seattle Seahawks, carries a lot of clout around here.