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daddytoddAlan Ashton, the owner/developer of the hideous Thanksgiving Point complex in Lehi gave a cool million to the "Yes on H8" campaign in California -- clearly an effort to counterbalance Bruce Bastian's $1 million donation to "No on H8."
Bruce and Alan were the co-founders of WordPerfect. They sold out a decade and a half ago to Novell, for something like a half-billion each.
Novell eventually sold the wreckage of WordPerfect to Corel. I think all three companies are now defunct, right?
I've never been to Thanksgiving Point, and now I never will. I'd encourage Utah LGBT & allies to avoid Ashton's business, if you can. I'm not proposing a boycott, simply urging everyone to examine whether or not they want to give money to a H8er like Ashton.
Incidentally, here's a list of other Mormons who have given vast sums to "Yes on H8" in recent days. Anyone know who any of these people/organizations are, so I can choose not to patronize their businesses either?
Hartford Holdings, Provo, UT $300,000
David Moon, Alpine, UT $200,000
Michele Adams Watterson, Cache, UT $100,000
Roger Bayer, Salt Lake City, UT $100,000
Katharine Garff, Bountiful, UT $100,000
Belinda Vandersloot, Idaho Falls, ID $100,000
The Vineyard Group (Cardon & Hiatt Families), Mesa, AZ $100,000
Bruce and Alan were the co-founders of WordPerfect. They sold out a decade and a half ago to Novell, for something like a half-billion each.
Novell eventually sold the wreckage of WordPerfect to Corel. I think all three companies are now defunct, right?
I've never been to Thanksgiving Point, and now I never will. I'd encourage Utah LGBT & allies to avoid Ashton's business, if you can. I'm not proposing a boycott, simply urging everyone to examine whether or not they want to give money to a H8er like Ashton.
Incidentally, here's a list of other Mormons who have given vast sums to "Yes on H8" in recent days. Anyone know who any of these people/organizations are, so I can choose not to patronize their businesses either?
Hartford Holdings, Provo, UT $300,000
David Moon, Alpine, UT $200,000
Michele Adams Watterson, Cache, UT $100,000
Roger Bayer, Salt Lake City, UT $100,000
Katharine Garff, Bountiful, UT $100,000
Belinda Vandersloot, Idaho Falls, ID $100,000
The Vineyard Group (Cardon & Hiatt Families), Mesa, AZ $100,000
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Date: 2008-11-04 01:26 am (UTC)Corel, I believe, is HQ'd in Ottawa, and is still producing office and graphic applications. They picked up what was left of Novell's WordPerfect Office (which itself by that time contained products picked up from Borland and Corel).
While I've always been leery of the LDS Church for anti-LGBT tendencies, the ferocity with which they've pursued Prop 8 (and similar measures) has really taken me by surprise.
I've also been surprised by a number of Mormons who have NOT supported the Church's holy war on the LGBT community. Steve Young - highly visible LDS church member - through his wife donated $50,000 to NO ON 8. I always did think he was cute. :)
Despite this, I agree - Proposition 8 is "hate legislation", and as a California resident and a U.S. citizen, I hope it's defeated, if only to provide some positive legal precedents towards legalizing same-sex marriage.