Co-Founder of Facebook, Partner Pledge $100,000 to Maine Marriage Equality Campaign

A co-founder of Facebook who is the editor-in-chief of the liberal magazine The New Republic has offered a $100,000 matching gift to the campaign supporting marriage equality.

Mainers United for Marriage on Monday announced the fundraising challenge from Chris Hughes and his fiance, Sean Eldridge, president of Hudson River Ventures and senior adviser to the national organization Freedom to Marry. The campaign will have until June 7 to raise the matching funds.