Unsurprisingly, the vast majority of contributions to the two groups opposing to Referendum 71, the gay domestic-partner bill, have come from outside Seattle. Perhaps more surprising is that any of them have come from inside Seattle, where R-71 is expected to pass overwhelmingly. (If you haven't mailed in your ballot yet: we urged Cola readers to Vote "approve" on R-71 to uphold the state's existing domestic-partner law). Out of hundreds and hundreds of individual contributors to the anti-gay cause, just 15 (18 including married couples who gave money together) are from Seattle.

We called almost all of them, excluding only those whose phone numbers or emails we couldn't track down. Most either didn't answer or said they'd have to look at our web site and call us back. Here's who they are.

1. Travis Kopp

Total donation: $174.99

Kopp, a UW grad student in mathematics, told PubliCola in an email that he opposes R-71 because "I believe that the God Who made us intended sexual relations to be only between one man and one woman within the confines of marriage. I believe the state should recognize this even while allowing its citizens to hold their own views."

2. Theresa Schrempp

Total donation: $100

Schrempp, a probate attorney who once served as an assistant prosecuting attorney for Snohomish County, has a long history of involvement in state politics, including the campaign opposing last year's "death with dignity" law, which allows doctors to prescribe lethal doses of medication to terminally ill patients. In 2005, she filed an amicus brief on behalf of Concerned Women for America in opposition to same-sex marriage.

We left a message on Schrempp's machine last week and have not heard back.

3. Theresa Deisher

Total contribution: $100

Deisher is the founder of the Sound Choice Pharmaceutical Institute, which advocates against the use of embryonic stem cells in vaccines and scientific research; in 2008, she testified that the supposed "link" between vaccines and autism could not be disproven. In 2008, she founded a "pro-life" biotech firm called AVM (as in "Ave Maria") Biotechnology.

Deisher did not call PubliCola back.

4. Steven Henke

Total contribution: $100

Henke, a West Seattle real estate broker, has little history of donating to politicians and political causes; he has given $500 to the Human Life PAC; and, in 1999, he donated $500 to Republican presidential candidate Gary Bauer.

Contacted by phone, Henke said, "I just support [overturning] it."

5. Julie and Matthew Marton

Total contribution: $400

Matthew Marton is a researcher at a pharmaceutical company who has also contributed to the campaign of Judy Fenton, who ran against the only lesbian Seattle City Council member, Sally Clark, on an anti-nudity in public art platform in 2007.

The Martons did not return a message left on their answering machine.

6. James Weyand

Total contribution: $80

Weyand, an obstetrician, has previously given money to a group backing 2005's Initiative 330, which would have limited payouts medical malpractice lawsuits; and Yes On I-1000, the group that backed last year's death with dignity initiative.

PubliCola was unable to reach Weyand.

7. Mark and Judy Fenton

Total contribution: $100

Judy Fenton is the aforementioned Seattle City Council candidate; her husband Mark served as her treasurer in that campaign. Judy Fenton gave $700 in 2006 to then-US Sen. Rick Santorum, who became a national laughingstock after comparing homosexuality to incest. She has also contributed to unsuccessful GOP gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi, the King County Republican Central Committee, and the state Republican Party, among others.

The Fentons did not return a message seeking comment on their contributions.

8. Milton Horst

Total contribution: $85

Horst has a long history of contributing to Republican and conservative causes and candidates, including the anti-death with dignity Coalition Against Assisted Suicide, Rossi, Fenton, and Republican Attorney General Rob McKenna.

9. Ronald Torgeson

Total contribution: $250

We were unable to find any information about Torgeson, who does not have any history of political contributions, and he did not return a call seeking comment.

10. Peter and Esther Errington

Total contribution: $76

Peter Errington is the director of mobilization for the Mission to Unreached Peoples , an evangelical missionary group that seeks to convert people abroad to Christianity. Esther, his wife, home-schools their three children.

Contacted by phone, Peter Errington told PubliCola that he and his wife "know people who are gay and have same-sex attractions, and we consider them friends. It's not about denying rights."

He said the couple were looking at what happened in Scandanavian countries that legalized gay marriage, and that "the end result isn't happily married homosexuals and heterosexuals, but the end of marriage altogether" and that it "lead to instability." He added: "Traditional marriage is an institution that has served societies well for over 1,000 years. We care about the long-term ramification for changing traditional marriage. What is it going to look like for our children, and our children's children, 150 years down the road?"

11. Jaydee Ott

Total contribution: $40

Ott—No. 34 on Seattle Blockwatch's list of Seattle's "Top 100 taxpayers"—lives on a 47,000-square-foot lot in West Seattle. Recipients of her past contributions include the Constitution Party of Washington, state Rep. Dan Kristiansen (who has also given to the anti-R'71 campaign), McKenna, Rossi, and Tim Eyman's "Help Us Help Taxpayers" personal salary fund.

Chris Kissel contributed to this report.