Iowa & Maine Looking Into NOM's Funding in Gay Marriage Fights

Government ethics commissions in Iowa and Maine are asking the National Organization for Marriage to provide answers to questions about its funding sources in campaigns to repeal those states’ same-sex marriage laws. NOM launched a "Reclaim Iowa" campaign on Aug. 24to pass a constitutional amendment that would reverse the state Supreme Court’s ruling in April legalizing marriage for gays and lesbians. The organization is major financial backer of Stand for Marriage Maine, which has succeeded in placing a referendum on the November ballot for a "voter’s veto" of the same-sex marriage law Gov. John Baldacci enacted in May. The Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board told NOM in an Aug. 27 letter it must form a political action committee and list contributors if its campaign activities exceed $750. Full Story from Edge Boston

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