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In a column Gallagher published Jan. Yet to the best of our knowledge,
Members of Congress, the public , and the media were not informed of
Gallagher's financial interests in the subjects or the federal funds that she
received.

Sincerely,

Winnie Stachelberg
Political Director

The Human Rights Campaign is the largest national lesbian, gay, bisexual
and transgender political organization with members throughout the country.

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is a leading global online media company offering consumer
services, news and entertainment to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender
(LGBT) community." During this
time, Gallagher wrote on family and marriage promotion issues extensively in
her syndicated columns (Gallagher's articles have appeared in the New York
Times , the Wall Street Journal, the Weekly Standard, and the National Review,
among other publications ), without disclosing her contracts or funding to the
publications or her readership.

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"We strive to provide our members with the best possible value when they
subscribe to Gay. "GENRE
is a great addition to our subscription service, which already includes a
suite of real-time connection and matchmaking tools, complete online access to
our OUT+ABOUT travel guides, plus other unique offers from our business
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5 million
active members worldwide through a comprehensive group of branded businesses
featuring diverse chat, news, entertainment, travel, dating, personal finance,
career, shopping and community services at Gay.com, PlanetOut. . The failure to disclose a financial conflict-
of-interest seems to us to be a clear violation of the public's trust in
journalistic integrity. We do not believe that Members of Congress and the public can
adequately and fully assess information when past or current financial
interests (particularly government contracts) are not disclosed beforehand.

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LGBT), a global online media company serving the lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender community and parent company of Gay. Gallagher testified in the Senate in
support of the discriminatory constitutional amendment and wrote numerous
syndicated columns on these issues. Gallagher appeared as a witness for the
majority at Senate hearings on the subject of the Federal Marriage Amendment
(later renamed the Marriage Protection Amendment) on September 4, 2003 and
March 3, 2004. We also would like to
know if any of the other witnesses who testified before Congress on the
Federal Marriage Amendment, the Marriage Protection Amendment, or marriage
promotion efforts were recipients of government funding.

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5 million readers each and every month. 4, 2003, and March 3, 2004. 25 following an interview with Washington
Post reporter Howard Kurtz, Gallagher wrote, "I should have disclosed a
government contract when I later wrote about the Bush marriage initiative.
In an article in the January 26, 2005 Washington Post , it was reported
that Maggie Gallagher had a $21,500 contract with the Department of Health and
Human Services to help promote the President's $300 million marriage promotion
initiative.

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com because we believe it is the
biggest gay network in the world with the most extensive reach," said Steven
Guerrini, GENRE publisher and national sales director for Window Media. Along
with these other local gay media, GENRE is now a part of the most respected
and successful niche publishing company in the country.

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"The public deserves to know if there are other 'pay-to-sway' columnists
and opinion leaders on the Bush Administration payroll," said HRC Political
Director Winnie Stachelberg.
We appreciate your attention to this matter and anticipate your response.

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In an era of
pinched funding, where critical health care and social service programs are
experiencing severe budget cuts , we find the use of government funds for
political advocacy to be deeply troubling. 26, 2005

Daniel Levinson
Acting Inspector General
Department of Health and Human Services
330 Independence Avenue, S. Both times, Gallagher's testimony extensively involved and
explored issues of the family and marriage.

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With the addition of GENRE magazine, Window
Media now reaches more than 1.
Lastly, in the face of recent controversy about government contracts
received by Armstrong Williams, we would like to sound a note of concern about
the use of taxpayer dollars to fund advocacy efforts.

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, according to Nielsen//NetRatings' Loyalty Stickiness
Report. In the letter , Stachelberg wrote, "The failure to
disclose a financial conflict-of-interest seems to us to be a clear violation
of the public's trust in journalistic integrity.
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would have, if I had remembered it. In an era of pinched
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experiencing severe budget cuts, we find the use of government funds for
political advocacy to be deeply troubling.

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com, announced today that it
has formed a marketing alliance with Window Media, publisher of GENRE
magazine, to offer a year-long subscription to GENRE with every new quarterly
and annual subscription to Gay. 26, 2005,
Washington Post article Gallagher received more than $40,000 in federal
funding.
"Gallagher seems deeply out-of-touch with most of the parents for whom she
purports to advocate.

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Every month, the
magazine throws a spotlight on the hottest , the freshest and the best -- in
entertainment, the arts, fashion, home design, automotive, technology , health
and fitness, grooming and travel."
"I wonder how many of Gallagher's readers would believe anybody could have
forgotten about a check for $400, let alone $40,000," added Stachelberg . Levinson:

The Human Rights Campaign, on behalf of its more than 600,000 members
nationwide , writes to express dismay over recent information indicating that
Maggie Gallagher was a recipient of federal government grants to promote Bush
Administration family initiatives, but did not disclose these facts to the
public or to Congress when she testified in the Senate on the Federal Marriage
Amendment (later renamed the Marriage Protection Amendment) or when she wrote
numerous syndicated columns on these and other family issues.

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a publication like GENRE, Gay.

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GENRE is published by Window Media, which also publishes several
progressive gay publications across the United States such as The New York
Blade, Washington Blade, 411 Magazine, Southern Voice , Express Gay News,
Houston Voice and David Atlanta. This appears to
us to be a clear violation of journalistic ethics and a possible violation of
law, as well.
More troublingly, we would like to know whether federal law or
congressional rules were violated when Gallagher testified before Congress,
testimony that to our knowledge was not preceded by disclosures of these
financial contracts and interests.

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"We chose to align ourselves with Gay.com. According to a Jan. In addition, Gallagher apparently had received an additional
$20,000 through a United States Justice Department grant in 2002 and 2003 for
writing a report, titled "Can Government Strengthen Marriage?.

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If you have any questions or need more information, please contact the Legal
Director of the Human Rights Campaign, Kevin Layton. It
effectively lobbies Congress, provides campaign support and educates the
public to ensure that LGBT Americans can be open, honest and safe at home, at
work and in the community.

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'The Public Deserves to Know if There are Other 'Pay-To-Sway' Columnists
and Opinion Leaders on the Bush Administration Payroll,'
Said HRC Political Director Winnie Stachelberg

WASHINGTON, In a letter to the Acting Inspector
General of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Human Rights
Campaign requested an investigation to determine whether columnist Maggie
Gallagher, having received more than $40,000 in federal grants to promote
President Bush's marriage initiatives, violated federal law by not disclosing
the funding to the public or Congress.

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SAN FRANCISCO, PlanetOut Inc.com.com," said Mark Elderkin, president, PlanetOut Inc. We would like to know whether
federal law or congressional rules were violated when Gallagher testified
before Congress, testimony that to our knowledge was not preceded by
disclosures of these financial contracts and interests."
Gallagher appeared as a witness for the majority at the Senate hearings on
the Federal Marriage Amendment (later renamed the Marriage Protection
Amendment) on Sept.

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Gallagher's funding included a $21,500 contract with the Department
of Health and Human Services to help promote the President's $300 million
marriage promotion initiatives and an additional $20,000 in funding in 2002
and 2003 for writing the report "Can Government Strengthen Marriage?"
During the same period, Gallagher also wrote extensively on marriage
issues in syndicated columns that appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street
Journal, National Review and Washington Post, as well as other publications. We ask you to conduct a thorough investigation on this issue,
as set forth more fully below.