US President Barack Obama's re-election team collected a million dollars within the first 90 minutes of announcing his support for gay marriage. According to New York Daily News, the Obama campaign sent a fundraising e-mail simply entitled ''Marriage'' to supporters after Obama's campaign. Donations came in from Obama's Hollywood friends and gay supporters. The President is set to attend a Monday Manhattan money party thrown by a gay and Latino group. The President was set to spend Thursday night with a left-leaning crowd at George Clooney's Los Angeles home, where a 40,000-dollar-a-plate dinner was expected to net another USD 15 million. A donation of another USD three million is expected from a pair of Seattle cash bashes on Thursday. White House insiders admit that pressure from big-money donors, frustrated by Obama's previous lack of support for same-sex marriage had played a role in the President's sudden about-face. Meanwhile, Obama admitted that Vice President Joe Biden's remarks on same-sex marriage forced him to move his own announcement on gay couples' rights up. Image Link Photobucket, Source: The Hans India
