Op-ed: Maine Report Lifts Veil on NOM’s Illegal Fundraising Scheme
I'd love to know who this anonymous donor was:
An as yet unnamed donor was approached by NOM and asked to provide $800,000 to influence a Maine referendum on same-sex marriage and electoral races in Iowa and New Hampshire during 2009. That donor then provided donations totaling $2.25 million to the group. - See more at: http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/anti-gay-us-national-organization-marriage-breached-campaign-finance-laws200514#sthash.E2nAnP4l.dpuf
Op-ed: Maine Report Lifts Veil on NOMs Illegal Fundraising Scheme
The National Organization for Marriage has been losing at the ballot box, in courthouses, and in public opinion, but now the group's shady practices provide another hurdle.
BY Darrin Hurwitz.
May 22 2014 5:00 AM ET
Brian Brown can be excused for not wanting to go to work these days.
For the 40-year-old head of the virulently anti-LGBT National Organization for Marriage, bad days at the office in fact, really bad days have become routine...
... But Monday was not like other bad days for NOM. In fact, it was the worst day in NOMs seven-year history: The Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices exposed the inner workings of NOM and the anti-LGBT movement like never before with a stunning and comprehensive 37-page investigative report...
... For four years, operating largely outside the national media lens, the Maine authorities dug into NOMs operations and documented the primary objective of the secretive organization: to funnel undisclosed money from a few large anonymous donors into anti-LGBT political campaigns... MORE at above link.