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Elton John Gives $20,000 To Fight Gay Marriage Ban
WFRV.COM ^ | 30 OCTOBER 2006 | AP

Posted on 10/30/2006 7:23:05 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist

(AP) MADISON -- Rock music legend Elton John has donated $20,000 to a group trying to defeat a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage in Wisconsin, according to a campaign filing on Monday. Voters will decide the issue Nov. 7.

John made the donation to Fair Wisconsin Oct. 23, according to its report with the state Elections Board.

The donation was among those that helped the group raise $2.5 million between July 1 and Oct. 23.

The group has been running television advertisements noting that the proposed amendment would also ban civil unions comparable to marriage, which critics say would threaten benefits for all unmarried couples -- gay and straight.

The filing cited "privacy reasons" in withholding John's address -- a filing requirement made of other donors.

John, 59, is a longtime gay rights activist who lives in Britain. He exchanged vows with his longtime partner, Canadian filmmaker David Furnish, in a civil ceremony last year.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: eltonjohn; fairwisconsin; gaymarriage; homosexualagenda; marriage; marriageban
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
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21 posted on 10/30/2006 7:33:50 PM PST by Recovering_Democrat (I am SO glad to no longer be associated with the party of "dependence on government"!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Elton John is gay...? Who knew?!


22 posted on 10/30/2006 7:34:15 PM PST by randog (What the...?!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Peanuts.


23 posted on 10/30/2006 7:35:01 PM PST by Whispering Smith
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To: Nik Naym

"I knew that guy was a fruit the first time I heard him sing "Hold me closer Tony Danza..."

Dude. You just, like, ruined that song for me,...like,...forever


24 posted on 10/30/2006 7:35:50 PM PST by incredulous joe (No. No,...I'm here to talk about you." -- Bob Corker)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Cheapskate. With 20 grand we'll never win!


25 posted on 10/30/2006 7:36:11 PM PST by Revolting cat! (We all need someone we can bleed on...)
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To: Revolting cat!

Oh my!! My grandmother (a Polish Busha) really, really liked Liberace. He's got the queer eye for anyguy, for sure. LOL>


26 posted on 10/30/2006 7:36:11 PM PST by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: Zuben Elgenubi
Holey moley, Sir John is series.

Don't you mean Dame John?

27 posted on 10/30/2006 7:37:51 PM PST by GenXFreedomFighter
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To: Nik Naym

LOL


28 posted on 10/30/2006 7:38:18 PM PST by Txsleuth (EVERYONE VOTE---AND VOTE REPUBLICAN,...even if you have to hold your nose!)
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To: reagan_fanatic

Oh my, that is pathethic. And cruel, too.


29 posted on 10/30/2006 7:38:52 PM PST by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: Zuben Elgenubi

Holey moley, Sir John is series. He could have gone to Kuala Lampur and got about 500 young boys for that $20K contribution.


More than likely he has been there and done that.


30 posted on 10/30/2006 7:39:12 PM PST by sgtbono2002 (The fourth estate is a fifth column.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

It's not a BAN on anything. It's an affirmation of the truth -- that marriage exists solely between one man and one woman. Not a ban, an affirmation.


31 posted on 10/30/2006 7:40:53 PM PST by Theo (Global warming "scientists." Pro-evolution "scientists." They're both wrong.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

What a cheap skate!


32 posted on 10/30/2006 7:41:26 PM PST by Torie
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To: sgtbono2002
Yep, you are right. The olde queen most likely has had her fill.

Very nice homepage, sgtbono. Touching.

33 posted on 10/30/2006 7:44:16 PM PST by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: VeniVidiVici
20K? From Elton Juan? Cheap bastard.

Yeah,that only covers a weeks worth of flowers.
34 posted on 10/30/2006 7:58:01 PM PST by kinoxi
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

SO why didn't campaign finance laws prohibit foreign money?? Because people like this, and Soro's ARE the Dems purse. Nice to know our country can be bought.


35 posted on 10/30/2006 8:17:01 PM PST by gidget7 (Political Correctness is Marxism with a nose job)
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To: Nik Naym

I had a pretty good idea when he sang "The Bitch Is Back".


36 posted on 10/30/2006 8:17:34 PM PST by PzLdr ("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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To: Theo
It's not a BAN on anything. It's an affirmation of the truth -- that marriage exists solely between one man and one woman. Not a ban, an affirmation.

Not in his native UK. He legally 'married' his boyfriend last year.


37 posted on 10/30/2006 8:20:54 PM PST by newzjunkey (Arnold-McClintock-YES 85 Parents Notified-YES 90 Eminent Domain-SanDiego:NO A,YES B & C)
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To: gidget7
I'm opposed to foreign money getting into our elections, especially for candidates, but Elton John may be a resident alien. I have no idea.

He has a place near Atlanta, GA, where he's seemingly lived much of the past decade.

38 posted on 10/30/2006 8:24:49 PM PST by newzjunkey (Arnold-McClintock-YES 85 Parents Notified-YES 90 Eminent Domain-SanDiego:NO A,YES B & C)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Use guys are right, it's nothing, it's cheap. It don't mean nothing. Which tells me, Madame Elton is being pushed (from behind, whaddya think) to do this as a payback to the "Community" for past and future support.


39 posted on 10/30/2006 8:26:00 PM PST by Revolting cat! (We all need someone we can bleed on...)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

This has got to be against the law. He's not a citizen of this country.


40 posted on 10/30/2006 8:30:59 PM PST by 3AngelaD
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