Mormon Church Pumping Money into California Marriage Initiative

[Shana A]

Mormon Church Pumping Money into California Marriage Initiative
Filed by: Serena Freewomyn
September 18, 2008 4:00 PM

http://www.bilerico.com/2008/09/mormon_church_pumping_money_into_califor.php

The LA Times has been following the money trail in California to find out who supports the ballot initiative to ban same sex marriage and who supports marriage equality. And it's no surprise that the money trail is pretty much identical to the funds raised during the Prop 22 campaign back in 2000.

Another thing that won't come as a surprise is that the Mormon Church is heavily involved in the fundraising efforts this go around, much as they were during the 2000 campaign. According to the website Mormons for Proposition 8, Mormons have contributed more than $5 million dollars ban same-sex marriage in California: