Clooney and his wife, human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, were the first to make the financial pledge and also said they will march alongside the students behind the rally on Mar 24. Later on Tuesday, Spielberg and wife Kate Capshaw and Winfrey each said that they would match the Clooneys’ donation. Film producer Jeffrey Katzenberg and his wife Marilyn also said they would match the $500,000 donation and march in Washington. Busloads of Florida students headed to the state capital Tallahassee on Tuesday to call for a ban on assault rifles. Gun ownership is protected by the Second Amendment of the US Constitution and remains one of the nation’s more divisive issues.

Source: bd News24 February 21, 2018 06:11 UTC