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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…

(VIDEO) Maddow speculates ‘awkward’ encounter between Fischer and Romney at Values Voter Summit

By | 10.03.11 | 11:33 am

Blogs lit up late last week, when it became apparent that even though the American Family Association’s (AFA) Bryan Fischer is not listed as a scheduled speaker at this weekend’s Values Voter Summit, Fischer will be there to speak, directly after GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

Fred Karger tries to woo Iowa college Republicans for 2012 caucus

By | 04.26.11 | 6:07 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

AMES — Longtime political consultant and activist Fred Karger, the first official Republican 2012 presidential candidate, admits he’s a long shot. But as Gov. Haley Barbour (R-Miss) bows out of the race because he “doesn’t have the fire in his belly,” Karger insists he does.

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In Wake of Ballot Initiatives, Questions About the National Organization for Marriage’s Funding

By | 09.20.10 | 8:32 am

The Knights of Columbus, a Catholic fraternal society founded in New Haven in 1881, does a lot of good work. In a report detailing its charitable giving during 2009, the organization noted that while the “Knights and their families are hardly immune to the economic downturn,” they had once 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…