Americablog is reporting that Microsoft has retained the services of religious zealot Ralph Reed, paying his consulting firm Century Strategies $20,000 a month for its services. This, coming just a week after the Stranger's story about how Microsoft has been meeting with Ken Hutcherson of Antioch Bible Church in Redmond, possibly regarding withdrawl of its support for House bill 1515, an anti-gay-discrimination bill currently under consideration by the Washington State legislature.