Protesting Socialist Ties, Merrill Calls for Cancellation of National Equality March
PALM SPRINGS, Calif., Oct. 8, 2009 — He originally donated thousands of dollars in support of the National Equality March on Washington, D.C., coming up on Oct. 11, 2009, but today, artist, gay activist and author Charles Merrill ) is calling upon the gay community to cancel the march.
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Merrill Holds Out Hope for Gay Couples in Light of Latest U.S. Tax Court Ruling
PALM SPRINGS, Calif., July 17, 2009 — A United States Tax Court has denied gay rights activist, author and artist Charles Merrill his joint filing status, effective July 2009. The determination concludes that Merrill owes the federal government nearly a million dollars for not paying taxes in 20…
Merrill Lauds The Dallas Principles
Philanthropist offers endorsement of plan for LGBT rights
PALM SPRINGS, Calif., May 26, 2009 — Over this past weekend, twenty-four influential donors, activists, and thinkers came together to discuss achieving full equality faster for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Americans. The r…
Merrill Encourages ‘Tax Tea Party Revolt’
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 26, 2009 — Charles Merrill, the cousin of the man who founded Merrill Lynch & Co., and who predicted (Wall Street Journal, 10/31/2007) a stock market crash that will put the 1929 crash to shame, is urging a national Tax Tea Party Revolt to get equal rights for neutral-gender marri…
