Saturday, January 10, 2009, 1:42pm
Proponents of a ballot measure that banned same sex marriage filed a lawsuit in federal court this week seeking to overturn state campaign finance laws that require that names and personal information of donors to state political campaigns be made public.
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"This harassment is made possible because of California's unconstitutional campaign finance disclosure rules as applied to ballot measure committees where even donors of as little as $100 must have their names, home addresses and employers listed on public documents," Ron Prentice, head of the Protect Marriage Coalition, said in a statement.
Since 1974, state law has required that donors who give more than $100 must have their names disclosed.
You can have your freedom of speech, but there's nothing that says you get to remain anonymous.