Petrelis Files

HRC's Birch: $6,900 to Clinton,

$500 to No on Prop 8

There is much to learn from searching the donations' records of key people from the Human Rights Campaign.

For example, Elizabeth Birch, the former head who is fiercely defending the group's work and contributions to the No on 8 campaign, gave $500 to fight the ballot initiative, according to the SF Chronicle's search engine for Prop 8 donations. BTW, that donation was made on October 10, showing Birch waited until the campaign was in crisis before writing out a check.

Birch also gave a total of $6,900 to Sen. Hillary Clinton's effort to win the White House. Birch gave Clinton $4,600 in the spring of 2007, way ahead of any primary, and then donated an additional $2,300 on August 28. Nice of Birch to aid Clinton in retiring her massive debt from her campaign effort.

This former leader of HRC also gave Sen. Barack Obama $2,300 in July for his campaign.

So Birch gave $9,200 to the top two Democratic Party contenders for the Oval Office, and only $500 to fight to retain gay marriage equality in California.

What does this show me? It reveals how Birch, like HRC, is definitely more interested in putting money into electing Democrats than advancing gay equality.

Click here to read Birch's FEC file, and click here to check her donation to No on 8.

(Photo credit: HRC.org site. Image shows Ms. and Mr. HRC on election night at HRC's party in DC.)