News from Charles Merrill:
Message in a Wine Bottle: Save the Oceans
Cellar Angels Wine Philanthropy Partners with Sea-thos Foundation CHICAGO, June 1, 2011 — The next time you head to the ocean and drink a glass of wine, you might be helping protect the water your kids are swimming in. Cellar Angels (http://www.CellarAngels.com), a wine-philanthropy group, is donating 10 percent of the net proceeds from wine […]
Protesting Socialist Ties, Merrill Calls for Cancellation of National Equality March
PALM SPRINGS, Calif., Oct. 8, 2009 — He originally donated thousands of dollars in support of the National Equality March on Washington, D.C., coming up on Oct. 11, 2009, but today, artist, gay activist and author Charles Merrill ) is calling upon the gay community to cancel the march. Merrill cites several reasons for his […]
Merrill Holds Out Hope for Gay Couples in Light of Latest U.S. Tax Court Ruling
PALM SPRINGS, Calif., July 17, 2009 — A United States Tax Court has denied gay rights activist, author and artist Charles Merrill his joint filing status, effective July 2009. The determination concludes that Merrill owes the federal government nearly a million dollars for not paying taxes in 2004 and 2005, a time during which he […]
Merrill Lauds The Dallas Principles
Philanthropist offers endorsement of plan for LGBT rights PALM SPRINGS, Calif., May 26, 2009 — Over this past weekend, twenty-four influential donors, activists, and thinkers came together to discuss achieving full equality faster for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Americans. The result of the meeting was the production of a document known as "The Dallas […]
Merrill Lauds Gay Boston Tea Party Re-enactment
WASHINGTON, April 14, 2009 — Charles Merrill, a 75-year-old artist, and cousin to the founder of Merrill Lynch with ancestral roots to the original Massachusetts Bay Colony (Nathaniel Merrill, 1610) and Revolutionary War heroes, applauds marriage equality rallies to be held at post offices around the country on April 15th protesting taxation without representation by […]
Merrill Encourages 'Tax Tea Party Revolt'
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 26, 2009 — Charles Merrill, the cousin of the man who founded Merrill Lynch & Co., and who predicted (Wall Street Journal, 10/31/2007) a stock market crash that will put the 1929 crash to shame, is urging a national Tax Tea Party Revolt to get equal rights for neutral-gender married couples. Merrill, […]
Merrill Lauds Melissa Etheridge
The gay tax protest is gaining momentum PALM SPRINGS, Calif., Nov. 7, 2008 — Charles Merrill, the cousin of the man who founded Merrill Lynch & Co., and who predicted (Wall Street Journal, 10/31/2007) a stock market crash that will put the 1929 crash to shame, has also been a key figure since 2004 resisting […]
Merrill Files Facts in U.S. Tax Court Case
NEW YORK, Oct. 27, 2008 — Charles Merrill has filed papers with the U.S. Tax Court objecting to the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) based on the 1st Amendment Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution. He objects to not getting all the same benefits as other married couples – 1,138 of them – under a […]
Merrill Slams GOP Nominees on Gay Marriage
PALM SPRINGS, Calif., Sept. 10, 2008 — Charles Merrill, cousin of Merrill Lynch's founder – and openly bisexual widower of Johnson & Johnson heir Evangeline (Woody Johnson's aunt, owner of the New York Jets) – has spoken out against Vice President GOP nominee Sara Palin's Pentacostal religion and its homophobic views towards gay people. Palin's […]
Gay Marriage Tax Protest Gains Momentum
NEW YORK, Aug. 6, 2008 — John Bisceglia has reached his limit. He's refused to file his taxes since 2005, and will continue to do so until the federal government grants all LGBT Americans and their children the 1,400+ legal rights and protections civil marriage affords. His new blog Gay Tax Protest shares how marriage […]
PALM SPRINGS, Calif., July 18, 2008 — The IRS has charged millionaire Charles Merrill with tax evasion. His trial has been delayed until next year, 2009, at the U.S. Tax Court in San Diego. Merrill, who recently suffered a stroke, said from his wheelchair, "I have buried $2 million worth of gold coins in the […]
Merrill Faces 3 Years in Prison for IRS Tax Protest
NEW YORK, June 18, 2008 — The Internal Revenue Service has finally caught up with Charles Merrill and he may face three years in prison for not filing income taxes since 2004. The penalty for not filing for each year is 3 years in jail or a $25,000.00 fine. A self-made millionaire, artist, fervent atheist […]
Charles Merrill Fears Market Crash
PALM SPRINGS, Calif., Oct. 30, 2007 — Fearing a stock market crash worse than 1929, Charles Merrill ) of Palm Springs, cousin to the founder of the Merrill/Lynch dynasty, is quickly converting to gold coins. "Merrill Lynch is crashing, due to the ineptness of the CEO. No matter who is running Merrill Lynch & Co., […]
Gay Artist Burns Rare $60,000.00 Koran
NEW YORK, July 26, 2007 — Charles Merrill, the artist who recently edited the Holy Bible with a black marker and pair of sissors, has lately burned a rare Islamic Holy Book, The Koran, valued at $60,000.00, in an undisclosed Chicago location. "The purpose of editing and burning Abrahamic Holy Books is to eliminate homophobic […]
Artist Edits Bible With Black Marker and Scissors
PALM SPRINGS, Calif., June 20, 2007 — Gay activist and iconoclast Charles Merrill, 73, a self-made millionaire, artist, fervent atheist and cousin of the co-founder of Merrill Lynch, is enjoying a prolific period of creativity by addressing his social concerns in his art. A move last year to Palm Springs, California, with its brilliant sunlight […]
Controversial Screen Name Banned
PALM SPRINGS, Calif., April 2, 2007 — Charles Merrill, whose cousin, Charles Merrill, founded Merrill Lynch, has had his username, "Anti-Christ," suspended by a publication owned by New York Times Corp. Merrill states, "I have been a very frequent blogger to the online Hendersonville Times News, http://www.hendersonvillenews.com, which is owned by The New York Times. […]
'Anti-Christ' Suspended From New York Times Newspaper
PALM SPRINGS, Calif., March 26, 2007 — Charles Merrill, whose cousin, Charles Merrill, founded Merrill Lynch, has had his blogging account suspended by a publication owned by New York Times Corp. because his blog name was "Anti-Christ." Merrill states, "I have been a very frequent blogger to the online Hendersonville Times News, http://www.hendersonvillenews.com, which is […]
PALM SPRINGS, Calif., March 5, 2006 — Activist and artist Charles Merrill, who gained notoriety last year by not filing his federal income tax return in protest of the unfair federal tax laws for domestic partners, is now taking on another challenge. Mr. Merrill, who comes from the same family as Charles Edward Merrill, one […]
Same-Sex Union of Chief Crazy Horse Honored
PALM SPRINGS, Calif., Jan. 31, 2007 — Charles Merrill, 72, the well-known artist, has painted a series of "Pink Power" paintings in homage to people of sexual diversity who have been oppressed by Christian Conservatives and the Nazi Germans of WWII. The "Pink Power" paintings are on his web site at . Merrill states from […]
Merrill Targeted by IRS Over Tax Protest
PALM SPRINGS, Calif., Jan. 11, 2007 — Charles Edwin Merrill, who comes from the same family as Charles Edward Merrill, one of the founders of Merrill Lynch & Co., continues to be under attack by the IRS for not filing income tax in protest on over two million in stock sales and income for 2004. […]
Gay Leader Not Daunted by Threat From Muslim Leader
HENDERSONVILLE, N.C., July 5, 2006 — Last week a Muslim leader, sheik Ibrahim Sarsur who is also a member of the Kensett, warned gays that "if they dare to approach the Temple Mount during the World Pride 2006 parade in Jerusalem – they will do so over our dead bodies." Charles Merrill, 72, a gay […]
EDNEYVILLE, N.C., June 12, 2006 — Charles Merrill (72) and his same-sex partner Kevin Boyle (52) have created huge momentum in their civil disobedience initiative of not paying Federal Income Tax because they cannot have the same tax benefits as other married couples.. They have been featured guests on radio, TV and in the print […]
Gay Rights Civil Disobedience Announced in North Carolina
HENDERSONVILLE, N.C., Jan. 30, 2006 — Charles Merrill, a 71 year old artist and his partner Kevin Boyle, have announced they will not pay Federal or North Carolina Income Tax on over two million dollars worth of stock sales and income for 2004, because of unfair discrimination in the Federal and State Income Tax Codes. […]
