The Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) has filed a complaint against PG&E after the California utility company 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.
"It is outrageous that a mammoth utility used my money to undermine the values of families in my community," PJI President Brad Dacus said in a statement.
Dacus has filed an administrative complaint with the California Public Utilities Commission, calling for an investigation of PG&E's contribution. He also has launched a campaign to alert Californians about an alternative natural-gas provider.
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 recently 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.”
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