If you were paying attention, it was Erik Prince’s (founder of Blackwater) mother, Elsa Broekhuizen,who was an extremely influential supporter of Proposition 8. It was the family’s wealth that bought the land in North Carolina on which Blackwater is headquartered. Both Prince and Broekhuizen are major supporters of Republican candidates and causes and Erik Prince was once a White House intern for George H. W. Bush.

Hopefully, Halliburton and KBR will see the same fate. As you may know, Halliburton, who former Vice President Cheney worked for, was awarded numerous contracts worth billions of dollars and is infamous for various controversies. Cheney retired in 2000, received a $36 million severance package and later, while Vice President, received $398,548 in deferred compensation from Halliburton.

KBR, which was once a subsidiary of Halliburton, is an engineering and construction company. They are more well known now for instances involving gang rape, human trafficking and poor standards resulting in the electrocution and subsequent deaths of U.S. soldiers.