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.
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. 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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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.

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Exxon Mobil, others to be impacted by change in policy

PHILADELPHIA , Following discussions with Equality
Forum, a national gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT ) civil rights
organization, The Vanguard Group has announced that it will vote in favor of
sexual orientation workplace protection in its proxy voting rights. At
the start of the project in 2003 , 323 companies (65%) provided
nondiscrimination protection.."
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. 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."
"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.

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Vanguard's letter stating their policy change, along with more information
on the FORTUNE 500 Project , can be found at:
http://www. The City wants
to ensure that same-sex married couples are given the same
rights as other married couples."

Text of the letter follows .

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in the West Hollywood City Hall lobby, 8300 Santa
Monica Boulevard.
"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.

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News Conference to be held TODAY at 5:30 p. This appears to
us to be a clear violation of journalistic ethics and a possible violation of
law, as well.

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com/fortune500.
In a column Gallagher published Jan.
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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Equality Forum's FORTUNE 500 Project, in collaboration with Professor
Louis Thomas of the Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania and Professor
Ian Ayres of Yale Law School, requests FORTUNE 500 companies to specifically
include sexual orientation in their workplace nondiscrimination policies.

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Vanguard Will Vote Proxy for Sexual Orientation Nondiscrimination

News Editors/Community Editors
ADVISORY.

HRC: Investigate 'Pay-To-Sway' Columnist for Possible Legal Violations

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"After discussions with
Equality Forum, Vanguard determined that a supportive workplace for gay and
lesbian employees helps maximize shareholder interest.m.

WHEN: TODAY , March 14, 2005
5:30 p. According to a Jan. 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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WHAT: West Hollywood Mayor John J. 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.W.
Washington, DC 20201

Dear Mr.

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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.
"Gallagher seems deeply out-of-touch with most of the parents for whom she
purports to advocate." 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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Vanguard
is the nation 's second-largest mutual fund company, managing approximately
$880 billion in assets.
Exxon Mobil, number two on the FORTUNE 500 list, is one of only 40 of the
FORTUNE 500 companies that do not provide nondiscrimination protection for gay
and lesbian employees.

ABOUT EQUALITY FORUM
Equality Forum is a national nonprofit and 501(c)(3) GLBT organization
headquartered in Philadelphia.
If you have any questions or need more information, please contact the Legal
Director of the Human Rights Campaign, Kevin Layton.

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"Vanguard is the gold standard for protecting shareholder value," said
Malcolm Lazin, Executive Director of Equality Forum. Duran, Mayor Pro Tempore Abbe
Land, members of the West Hollywood City Council and
Equality California will celebrate a San Francisco County
Superior Court Judge's ruling today that withholding
marriage licenses from gays and lesbians is unconstitutional
at a news conference this afternoon, March 14, 2005 at 5:30
p. 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. Both times, Gallagher's testimony extensively involved and
explored issues of the family and marriage.

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Since its incorporation in 1984, the City of West Hollywood
has championed the rights of same-sex couples. We ask you to conduct a thorough investigation on this issue,
as set forth more fully below.
We appreciate your attention to this matter and anticipate your response. 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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WHERE: West Hollywood City Hall Lobby
8300 Santa Monica Boulevard
West Hollywood

Editor 's Note: The press is invited to a "Wedding Cake and
Champagne Reception" immediately following the news conference at The
Abbey Food and Bar, 692 N.
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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"We believe that fully inclusive employment policies may be reasonably
expected to contribute positively to shareholder value," said Glenn Booraem,
Principal + Assistant Fund Controller for Vanguard.

ADVISORY/City of West Hollywood Celebrates Ruling by California Superior Court Judge That Same-Sex Marriages Are Protected by the United States Constitution

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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.

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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equalityforum. Equality Forum undertakes high impact
initiatives, produces documentary films, highlights GLBT history and presents
annually the largest national and international GLBT civil rights forum.

WHO: West Hollywood City Council; leaders of the Gay, Lesbian,
Bisexual and transgender community; supporters of same-sex
marriages. '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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Today, 460 of the FORTUNE 500 companies (92%)
now protect gay and lesbian employees..m.

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In 1985, the
City became one of the first cities in the country to
establish a domestic partnership registry and enacted the
Domestic Partnership Ordinance, which provides equal rights
for domestic partners and married couples. 26, 2005,
Washington Post article Gallagher received more than $40,000 in federal
funding. 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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This decision will
influence other mutual funds and positively increase proxy support for sexual
orientation nondiscrimination protection. 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 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. In an era of pinched
funding, when 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.

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With 149 million shares, Vanguard is the fourth-
largest institutional holder of Exxon Mobil shares. The legal milestone, if upheld on appeal,
would pave the way for California to follow Massachusetts in
allowing same-sex couples to wed. Robertson Boulevard, West Hollywood..

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would have, if I had remembered it.

Jan. 26, 2005

Daniel Levinson
Acting Inspector General
Department of Health and Human Services
330 Independence Avenue, S.