GOP Money For Gay Rights

This was an interesting article in WaPo this week about conservative money going to gay rights. The idea of a financial backers of the GOP also giving money in support of gay marriage reads like an oxymoron, but the proof is in the bank.

In the article, Dan Eggen and T.W. Farnam profile billionaire hedge fund manager Paul E. Singer, who's one of the cogs in the Republican money machine and currently raising money for Mitt Romney. But, according to Eggen and Farman, Paul Singer, who has a gay son, is also a longtime support of LGBT rights. He's given $1 million to gay marriage advocacy group Freedom to Marry this year alone, adding to an estimated $10 million in gifts to gay rights causes in total.

And Singer isn't alone. Eggen and Farman point to at least three more Republican money men who also contributed to Freedom to Marry.

The article highlights the complex nature of politics, where issues aren't as cut and dry as media coverage makes it seem. Behind issues such as gay marriage runs a powerful financial machine that isn't solely supported by Democrats. The issues is complicated, however, when you consider the mixed messages.