Church Broke Law In Pushing Gay Marriage Amendment

[davidinalameda]

http://www.365gay.com/Newscon06/03/030806montana.htm

Montana's commissioner of political practices has ruled that a suburban Helena church broke state campaign laws over its involvement in promoting an amendment to the state constitution banning same-sex marriage.

The measure passed in 2004 and LGBT civil rights groups complained that Canyon Ferry Road Baptist Church had violated the law by hosting events promoting the amendment and by using the church to collected names to get the issue on the ballot.

In his ruling Gordon Higgins, state commissioner of political practices, said that the church failed to file required campaign disclosure documents and that the church had become an "incidental campaign committee".

In his 10-page ruling Higgins said that the church is not restricted from participating in the election process but should have disclosed the monetary value of its help to the campaign.

[BR_Parkway]

1. "Usually in such cases charges are never laid." so they don't care

and they still get their faith based welfare and pay no taxes.