Benefactor's group to fight effort to ban gay marriage

Denver philanthropist Tim Gill has formed a political nonprofit group to get more involved in candidate races and fight constitutional amendments barring gay marriage, including one anticipated on the Colorado ballot next fall.

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Gill, who is gay, founded software-maker Quark Inc. in 1981 and pocketed hundreds of millions of dollars after selling his stake in 2000. He poured roughly $200 million into the Gill Foundation, begun in 1994 to support gay and lesbian causes.

In recent years, he has become more active politically, supporting Democratic Party causes. The birth of Gill Action also comes on the heels of November 2004's passage of amendments barring gay marriage in all 11 states that voted on them.

"When you feel attacked, you're going to fight back," John Straayer, a political scientist at Colorado State University, said when asked to assess Gill's new venture. "I think that's what you're starting to see."


http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_3281912

find out that Quark is the industry standard for newspaper publishing...but way to go Tim Gill!

It's always good when someone feels attacked to be able to fight back..especially when it involves Equal Rights for all.