New Report: More Than $101M Raised For/Against Gay Marriage in 2008

Recent elections have highlighted the struggle between gay rights interests and conservative and religious interests. In 2008, voters in four states (California, Arizona, Florida and Arkansas) considered ballot measures relating to same-sex marriage and benefits. Despite their fundraising advantage in all but one of these states, same-sex rights interests were rejected in all four instances. A new report from the National Institute on Money in State Politics, titled “The Money Behind The 2008 Same-Sex Parnership Ballot Measures” examines the $101.1 million raised around these measures. The report found that the money raised by committees supporting or opposing these measures was split nearly evenly. Gay rights advocates raised $51.1 million, while opponents raised $50 million. Full Story from Docuticker: http://www.docuticker.com/?p=30105

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