The millionaire behind the Anglican anti-gay clergy movement

Seems like there's always a Republican millionaire lurking behind so much of the reactionary social movements and events these days. Millionaire Darrell Issa bankrolled the petition-gathering for the California recall. Wayne Huizenga spends his billions from AutoNation, Waste Management, Inc. and Blockbuster Video stores on the Republican Party and religous right causes.

Now the UK newspaper The Guardian has revealed that Orange County millionaire Howard F. Ahmanson Jr. is paying for conservatives in the Episcopal Church to raise a fuss over the denomination's first openly gay bishop.

But that news isn't new, it turns out. A search turns up this article from the 21 Sep 03 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.