Washington Domestic Partnership Opponents Register New PAC to Funnel Money Into State

The scenario that gay-rights advocates had feared may be coming true. Vote Reject R-71, a political action committee, registered with the state's Public Disclosure Commission yesterday to campaign against Referendum 71, thereby attempting to repeal the state's domestic-partnership law. Dave Mortenson, a conservative campaign consultant who filed the PAC, says, "A bunch of individuals contacted me to see if we could raise some money really quick." He says, "I am not going to share who I’ve been talking to, but if we do get the money, we will report it." Are these religious groups, corporations, wealthy donors? "We are working them all," says Mortenson. Full Story from The Stranger: http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2009/10/09/new-pac-plans-major-funrdraising-to-reject-r-71

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