Judge to Rule Wednesday on NOM Privacy Claim for Anti Gay Marriage Donors

A federal judge will rule Wednesday on whether the state may require two national organizations that are working to repeal Maine's gay-marriage law to disclose their contributors. The National Organization for Marriage and American Principles in Action have challenged the state campaign finance laws that apply to ballot question committees, arguing that requiring them to disclose their contributors violates the free speech protections in the First Amendment to the Constitution. "The requirements here ... are sufficient to chill parties from supporting the plaintiff and others," the lawyer for the national groups, Josiah Neeley, told Justice D. Brock Hornby during Monday's hearing in U.S. District Court. Full Story from the Kennebec Journal: http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/news/local/7025090.html

Planning to marry your partner? Click here for gay marriage resources in Maine.

To subscribe to this blog, use the rss feed on the right, or use the form at right to join our email list. You can also email us at info@purpleunions.com. Or find us on Facebook - just search for Gay Marriage Watch (you'll see our b/w wedding pic overlooking the Ferry Building and Bay Bridge in SF). We're also tweeting daily at http://www.twitter.com/gaymarriagewatc.