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National Organization for Marriage’s 2010 financial records raise questions

By | 12.12.11 | 6:00 am

In 2010, the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), a tax-exempt nonprofit trying to thwart the legalization of same-sex marriage throughout the U.S., reported the highest individual donations it has received since its inception in 2007, according to NOM’s most recent income disclosures to the Internal Revenue Service, recently obtained More…

Utah conservative groups, leaders commit to moderate stance on immigration

By | 11.15.10 | 11:45 am

Conservatives in Utah signed a pact last week promising to push for a moderate approach to immigration reform as a state lawmaker works on an Arizona-style immigration enforcement bill for the next session. The “Utah Compact” commits politicians and reform supporters to five broad priorities for More…

Focus on the Family Spent $100k on Prop 8, Then Laid Off One-Fifth of Its Workers

By | 02.11.09 | 11:18 am

The Mormon church was widely credited with bankrolling the Proposition 8 campaign to ban gay marriage in California last November. But Focus on the Family actually spent considerably more, including a $100,000 check just days before the Colorado Springs-based evangelical group laid off 20 percent of its employees, reports TWI’s More…