As I report in this week's paper: If someone makes a pledge to your political campaign, even if they haven't given you the money yet, you need to report it. That's the law in Washington State.

So last month, when Pastor Joe Fuiten went on Q13 television to announce, "Yesterday, there was a commitment of $1 million made to this campaign," political observers waited—and waited—for the group trying to overturn the recently passed same-sex-marriage law to name its anonymous major donor.

Then the reporting deadline came on March 13. While Preserve Marriage Washington did report $17,145 by the deadline—mostly in the form of in-kind donations—there was no mention of the $1 million pledge.

So who's this alleged big pledger?

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