One of the largest natural gas and electric utilities in the nation has donated $250,000 to defeat California's marriage-protection amendment.
Prop. 8, which goes to voters in November, would restore the definition of marriage as between one man and one woman.
Tom Strobhar, president of the corporate-research firm Pro Vita Advisors, called PG&E's intervention outrageous.
“It’s one of the most egregious abuses of shareholders and ratepayers that I’d ever seen," he told Family News in Focus.
The utility says the money came from shareholder-funded political contribution accounts. Strobhar questioned that claim.
“This money ultimately comes from the ratepayers," he said. "It’s exceedingly insensitive to enter this controversial political subject, to take sides in this, and essentially take it out of the ratepayers’ pockets.”
