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==Campaign funding==  

==Campaign funding==  

Buttigieg raised $7.1 million in the first quarter of 2019, with approximately $2.5 million coming from large donations, which was more than all except three Democratic candidates, including and  four sitting U.S. senators, a sum that is seen likely to balloon in the coming months.   Elizabeth Birch,  former executive director of the Human Rights Campaign,  stated, What is going on now is one of the untold secrets of the D.N.C. and Democratic Party generally, which is that the L.G.B.T. community is a huge source of money into the Democratic Party.” <ref>[https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/04/pete-buttigieg-gay-money-democratic-secret-weapon “] I Have Maxed Out to Pete”: Gay Money, Democratic Secret Weapon, Comes Out for Buttigieg</ref>

Buttigieg raised $7.1 million in the first quarter of 2019, with approximately $2.5 million coming from large donations, which was more than all except three Democratic candidates, including and  four sitting U.S. senators, a sum that is seen likely to balloon in the coming months. Elizabeth Birch,  former executive director of the [[Human Rights Campaign]],  stated "What is going on now is one of the untold secrets of the D.N.C. and Democratic Party generally, which is that the L.G.B.T. community is a huge source of money into the Democratic Party.” <ref>[https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/04/pete-buttigieg-gay-money-democratic-secret-weapon “] I Have Maxed Out to Pete”: Gay Money, Democratic Secret Weapon, Comes Out for Buttigieg</ref>

This is related to the megadonor, tech millionaire Tim Gill, founder of software company Quark Inc., who heavily funds the LGBT movement (including by funding front groups with misleading names,  such as "Alliance for Colorado’s Families) and its allies in the Democratic Party says he will continue to  pursue and attack those who hold traditional views about sexual morality.  "We’re going into the hardest states in the country,” he says. “We’re going to punish the wicked.” The Gill Foundation rallied more than 100 corporations, including Coca-Cola, Google and Marriott, behind a front group called "Georgia Prospers." The tactic was  business threatening  to pull out of the state, and the coalition successfully induced Republican Gov. Nathan Deal into vetoing a Religious Freedom Restoration Act.<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jul/19/gay-megadonor-going-after-christians-punish-wicked]</ref><ref>The Rolling Stone, "Meet the Megadonor Behind the LGBTQ Rights Movement, " June 23, 2017</ref>

This is related to the megadonor, tech millionaire Tim Gill, founder of software company Quark Inc., who heavily funds the LGBT movement (including by funding front groups with misleading names,  such as "Alliance for Colorado’s Families) and its allies in the Democratic Party says he will continue to  pursue and attack those who hold traditional views about sexual morality.  "We’re going into the hardest states in the country,” he says. “We’re going to punish the wicked.” The Gill Foundation rallied more than 100 corporations, including Coca-Cola, Google and Marriott, behind a front group called "Georgia Prospers." The tactic was  business threatening  to pull out of the state, and the coalition successfully induced Republican Gov. Nathan Deal into vetoing a Religious Freedom Restoration Act.<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jul/19/gay-megadonor-going-after-christians-punish-wicked]</ref><ref>The Rolling Stone, "Meet the Megadonor Behind the LGBTQ Rights Movement, " June 23, 2017</ref>