Maine will scrutinize anti-gay groups
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Bay Windows: The Maine campaign ethics committee voted 3 to 2 the morning of Oct. 1 to launch a formal investigation into the funding of an anti-gay ballot initiative in that state this year. The vote rejected a recommendation from the staff of the Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices that it not investigate the campaign funding practices of the anti-gay Stand for Marriage Maine group. Stand for Marriage Maine is spearheading support for a ballot measure in November to overturn a newly passed law to provide same-sex couples with the same rights to marriage licenses and benefits as it does to straight couples. That staff recommendation, issued Sept. 29, said "staff does not recommend an investigation of Stand for Marriage Maine PAC or its contributors." Its largest contributor, thus far, has been the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), a group that was instrumental in funding the anti-gay Proposition 8 initiative in California.
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