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"Activists protested outside the gates of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's California home Wednesday night while he was throwing a political fundraiser for Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. \nThe protest was organized by CREDO mobile, a cellphone provider that advocates for progressive political change, over Christie's defunding of Planned Parenthood in his home state.\n\"Over 58% of Facebook users are women, and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg wants to use the billions he's made off them to fund the national political career of a guy who de-funded Planned Parenthood and shut down six women's health clinics in his state?\" asked CREDO's Political Director, Becky Bond, in an emailed statement. \"Zuckerberg should unfriend Chris Christie and stop funding the Republican war on women.\"\nChristie reduced funding for family planning services in New Jersey by $7.5 million in 2011. The budget-slashing move resulted in six family planning clinics \u2014 two of them run by Planned Parenthood affiliates \u2014 to shutter their doors, according to PolitiFact.\nCREDO also has an online petition calling on Zuckerberg to \"unfriend the anti-woman Republican Governor Chris Christie and match the money raised at your Palo Alto fundraiser dollar-for-dollar with a contribution for Planned Parenthood.\"\nWhen asked for comment on the fundraiser, a Facebook spokesperson told Mashable that \"Mark and Priscilla [Zuckerberg] have worked closely with Governor Christie on education reform in the Newark school system. They admire his leadership on education reform and other issues and look forward to continuing their important work together on behalf of Newark's school children.\"\nIt's not yet known how much money the event raised for Christie, who is running for re-election this year. Zuckerberg announced the Christie fundraiser in January.\nSEE ALSO: Governor Chris Christie Makes Fun of Himself on 'SNL'\n\nChristie has broad bipartisan support in his home state, enjoying an overall approval rating of 74% with 56% of Democrats supporting him, according to the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.\nPhoto courtesy of Flickr, CREDO Action"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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