Associated Press reports on donors to Prop. 8, including the largest contributor, the Knights of Columbus, who donated $1.4 million.
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Associated Press, "Calif. gay marriage initiative attracts big money," NBC News, October 26, 2008, accessed April 29, 2021
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On the yes side, the Knights of Columbus, based in New Haven, Conn., is the measure's largest single contributor so far, having given $1.4 million. Other top contributors to the Yes on 8 campaign were Irvine banking heir Howard Ahmanson Jr.'s Fieldstead and Co. foundation ($1.1 million); John Templeton Jr., son of the late Bryn Mawr, Pa., investor John Templeton ($900,000); the Tupelo, Miss.-based American Family Association ($500,000), and Elsa Prince, ($450,000), mother of Blackwater founder Erik Prince.
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