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L.A. Film Festival head resigns over Prop. 8 donation
Richard Raddon Doudoune moncler, the director of the Los Angeles Film Festival who has been at the center of controversy ever since it was revealed almost two weeks ago that he had contributed $1 Ugg stiefel,500 to the campaign to ban gay marriage in California Köpa uggs, resigned from his post over the weekend.The nonprofit arts organization Film Independent sponsors both the Los Angeles Film Festival moncler kinder, held in May Botas ugg, and the popular Independent Spirit awards. Raddon is a member of the Mormon Church Ugg kengät, which actively called on its congregants to work for the passage of Proposition 8, the constitutional amendment defining marriage as only between a man and a woman. It has been estimated that Mormons gave more than $20 million in support of the recently passed ballot measure. After Raddon's contribution was made public online, Film Independent was swamped with criticism from " No on 8" supporters both inside and outside the organization. Within days, Raddon offered to step down as festival director Ugg denmark, but the board Homme Moncler Gilets, which includes Don Cheadle, Forest Whitaker vendita ugg, Lionsgate President Tom Ortenberg and Fox Searchlight President Peter Rice Flip Flop UGG Online Sandals, gave him a unanimous vote of confidence. Read the rest of the story here. --Rachel Abramowitz Photo: Raddon speaks at a 2007 screening of " Talk to Her" . Credit: L.A. Film Festival.about:
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