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By Heather Murphy

Would you be shocked to learn that the forces allied against full equality for gay people are sometimes less than fully ethical in their methods?

You would?

Then you'll probably be shocked to learn that more than half of the money raised in the fight against gay marriage isn't actually going to that fight, but to the fundraisers.  Of the $3 million donated to preventing all those oh-so-stylish gay California weddings, only about $500,000 is going directly to the cause. 

Here's my favorite part- of the money the California Family Council received in its first two years of operation, none of it went to "program services."  Can you imagine?  None of it.  But the heads of the organization are making six-figure salaries.

I think I'm in the wrong line of work.  Maybe I should quit teaching public school and go into preying on people's prejudices while the money's still good.  Ten years from now, I have a feeling that this particular well is going to go a bit dryer, and some of these anti-gay fundraisers might just have to get real jobs.