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 Gay Boston Tea Party Re-enactment

WASHINGTON, April 14, 2009 — Charles Merrill, a 75-year-old artist, and cousin to the founder of Merrill Lynch with ancestral roots to the original Massachusetts Bay Colony (Nathaniel Merrill, 1610) and Revolutionary War heroes, applauds marriage equality rallies to be held at post offices ar…

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…