PG&E Drops
$250K to Keep Gay Marriage Legal In California

Pacific Gas and Electric Company announced Tuesday that it would donate $250,000 to the No on Proposition 8 campaign, the Los Angeles Times reports.

Company officials also indicated they would attempt to garner support from other companies to defeat the antigay measure by assembling a business advisory council on the matter. Proposition 8 would amend the state's constitution to prohibit marriage between same-sex couples.

"We are thrilled to partner with PG&E," Geoff Kors, executive director of Equality California, said in a statement. AT&T and Wells Fargo have donated money directly to Equality California, which is working to defeat Prop. 8.

Proponents of the measure have also made major donations. LGBT advocates called for a boycott of Hyatt hotels in San Diego after owner Doug Manchester poured thousands of dollars into the effort to pass the marriage ban.

Allan Hoffenblum, a GOP strategist, told the Times that PG&E would likely be unfettered by any organized boycott since it monopolizes most of the California market.

"I can't in outrage call PG&E and say, 'Cut off my gas,'" he said. (The Advocate)