Inquiry Set on Mormon Aid for California Marriage Vote

yeah yeah-another story about this :evilgrin:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/26/us/politics/26marriage.html?th&emc=th

California officials will investigate accusations that the Mormon Church neglected to report a battery of nonmonetary contributions — including phone banks, a Web site and commercials — on behalf of a ballot measure to ban same-sex marriage.

Roman Porter, the executive director of the Fair Political Practices Commission, which oversees California campaign finance laws, signed off on the investigation after reviewing a sworn complaint filed on Nov. 13.

The complaint, filed by Fred Karger, founder of the group Californians Against Hate, asserted that the church’s reported contributions — about $5,000, according to state election filings — vastly underestimated its actual efforts in passing Proposition 8, which amended the state’s Constitution to recognize only male-female marriage.

Broadly speaking, California state law requires disclosure of any money spent or services provided to influence the outcome of an election.

when it comes to propositions? I mean, nobody ever goes to jail for this stuff. But if an elected official was caught doing something like this they might be disgraced, forced to resign, or just voted out in the next election. But if you use shady and illegal tactics or outright fraud to get your proposition passed there's no repercussion. You get a little fine maybe and the proposition still stands?

it has nothing to do with prop h8.

but their own actions.

time to look inward mormons.