HEADLINE: Mormons, Utahns backed Prop. 8 more than known

[Bluebear]

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Utahns spent significantly more than previously reported on last-minute efforts to push passage of California's ban of same-sex marriage, newly filed financial disclosures show.

Donations from as many as 1,025 individual and businesses in Utah to both sides of the Proposition 8 campaign totaled about $3.8 million, according to new filings with California's secretary of state, with more than 70 percent going to groups supporting the successful measure.

Only Californians donated more in the $83.1 million ballot campaign, which ranks among the most expensive state initiatives in U.S. history. More than half the Utah donations poured in during the final three weeks before the Nov. 4 election, totaling about $2.5 million.

Officials with the LDS Church also have filed new disclosures detailing at least $134,774 in previously unreported non-monetary expenditures to help Prop. 8 proponents, much of it in staff time by church employees. Only $55,000 in LDS Church donations had been reported before, by California-based ProtectMarriage.com, the main pro-Prop. 8 group.

Between them, the filings add new dimensions to Utah's heavy involvement in California's same-sex-marriage ban, which carried 52 percent of the vote and now is being challenged in state courts. Encouraged by church leaders, Mormons across the country gave money to the campaign.

http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/40807

[Mari333]

1. names, I want to see their names and who they are. every one of them.. nt

[LeftyMom]

2. Here are most.

http://www.eightmaps.com/

Very small donations may not show up.

[jkshaw]

5. Yes!

Ski resorts? Department stores? I hope to see boycotts.

[Bluebear]

6. Indeed.

[Starry Messenger]

3. recommended reading.

Is there any legal penalty for this? Since they under-reported? This is disgraceful.

[cliffordu]

4. Tax exempt status revocation on these and thier ilk could balance the budget.,

And, perhaps, slow the mischief.....