Opinion: The million-dollar donor against same-sex marriage: Updated

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SUNDAY UPDATE: Half-truths and mistruths about adoption, field trips and church weddings: See today’s editorial on Proposition 8.

The No on Proposition 8 campaign reports that it has obtained from campaign finance statements the name of a ‘secret million-dollar donor’ to the Yes on 8 campaign to ban same-sex marriage -- John Ashton of Utah, grandson of David O. McKay, who was president of the Mormon Church for nearly 20 years.

A week ago, the Yes on 8 campaign sent letters to businesses that had donated to the other side, to keep same-sex marriage legal in California, demanding that they donate an equal amount against gay marriage or the Yes campaign would ‘out’ them. There are no reports that any businesses caved to this demand. The No campaign seems to have been wise enough not to seek a million bucks from Ashton.

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