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Mitt Romney Donated HOW MUCH Money to Help Pass Prop 8?! Jan19

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Mitt Romney Donated HOW MUCH Money to Help Pass Prop 8?!

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Go on...ask him.

A pretty explosive ABC News investigation suggests that Mitt Romney has donated more than $25 MILLION of his sizable fortune to the Mormon Church, and made massive contributions from Bain Capitol during his tenure as CEO.

So how much moolah are we talking about here?

Romney has always been a major donor to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which requires that members “tithe,” or give 10 percent of their income to the church. His family charity, called the Tyler Foundation, has given more than $4 million to the church in the past five years, including $1.8 million in 2008 and $600,000 in 2009. But because Romney, whose fortune has been estimated at $250 million, has never released his personal tax returns, the full extent of his giving has never been public.

Newly uncovered stock contributions made during Romney’s Bain days suggest there is another dimension to Romney’s support for the church — one that could involve millions more than has been previously disclosed.

As part of just one Bain transaction in 2008, involving its investment in Burger King Holdings, filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission reveal that an unnamed Bain partner donated 65,326 shares of Burger King stock to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, holdings then worth nearly $1.9 million. And there were numerous others, giving the church a stake in other Bain properties, such as Domino’s Pizza, the electronics manufacturer DDi, the phosphates company Innophos Holdings, and Marquee Holdings, the parent to AMC Theaters.

The Republican presidential candidate’s campaign staff confirmed that some of the stock transactions were at Romney’s direction, but they would not say which ones.

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There’s an argument out there that it doesn’t matter whether LGBT Americans support Democrats or Republicans with their vote in the upcoming presidential election.

That argument is stupid.

(via ABC News)