Comments on: Money Pouring In For AZ Marriage Ban http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/09/08/2864 News, analysis and fact-checking of anti-gay rhetoric Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:03:24 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Jim Burroway http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/09/08/2864/comment-page-1#comment-16564 Jim Burroway Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:47:45 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=2864#comment-16564 I believe the threshold for reporting individual contributions is $10,000 (although it may be $5K). The secretary of state doesn't report out smaller individual contributions, so we don't know the proportion of the total that consists of small vs. major contributions. Overall, the budget for pushing the yes vote is massive. This is no time for complacency. <a href="http://votenoprop102.com/web/donate.php" rel="nofollow">Please give TODAY</a>. I believe the threshold for reporting individual contributions is $10,000 (although it may be $5K). The secretary of state doesn’t report out smaller individual contributions, so we don’t know the proportion of the total that consists of small vs. major contributions.

Overall, the budget for pushing the yes vote is massive. This is no time for complacency. Please give TODAY.

]]> By: Lynn David http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/09/08/2864/comment-page-1#comment-16558 Lynn David Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:22:42 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=2864#comment-16558 Stand for Marriage, Inc. appears to be an out-of-state contributor through the "Protect Marriage Committee" in Arizona. Both are named on the Newt Gingrich (hypocritical) video -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73Q4V8WNF6k . Stand for Marriage, Inc. is at 1 South 6th Street; Terre Haute, IN 47807. It is also known as the James Madison Center for Free Speech - JMC. But more correctly known as the law offices of Bopp Coleson & Bostrom. James Bopp Jr. is the general counsel for the James Madison Center for Free Speech and likely also for Stand for Marriage, Inc. Legal services are provided to the Madison Center by the law firm of Bopp, Coleson & Bostrom in Terre Haute, Indiana. James Bopp Jr. is well known up here fighting against gay rights. He is also the General Counsel, National Right to Life Committee, Inc., 1978-Present, and Special Counsel, Focus on the Family, 2004-Present. He has also represented National Right to Life Committee, Focus on the Family, Christian Broadcasting Network, Traditional Values Coalition, Home School Legal Defense Association, Vision America, National Organization for Marriage, Common Sense America, Catholic Citizens Committee, Life Issues Institute, the Christian Coalition, Christian Life Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, Concerned Women of America, Federation for American Immigration Reform, Republican Governors Association, the Libertarian Party, Republican National Committee, and the state Republican Parties of Alabama, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Rhode Island, Texas and Vermont. Check out his resume: http://www.jamesmadisoncenter.org/Documents/Boppresume0208.pdf My guess is Stand for Marriage is a Focus on the Family shell, so it can spread its money around. Stand for Marriage, Inc. appears to be an out-of-state contributor through the “Protect Marriage Committee” in Arizona. Both are named on the Newt Gingrich (hypocritical) video -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73Q4V8WNF6k . Stand for Marriage, Inc. is at 1 South 6th Street; Terre Haute, IN 47807. It is also known as the James Madison Center for Free Speech – JMC. But more correctly known as the law offices of Bopp Coleson & Bostrom. James Bopp Jr. is the general counsel for the James Madison Center for Free Speech and likely also for Stand for Marriage, Inc. Legal services are provided to the Madison Center by the law firm of Bopp, Coleson & Bostrom in Terre Haute, Indiana.

James Bopp Jr. is well known up here fighting against gay rights. He is also the General Counsel, National Right to Life Committee, Inc., 1978-Present, and Special Counsel, Focus on the Family, 2004-Present. He has also represented National Right to Life Committee, Focus on the Family, Christian Broadcasting Network, Traditional Values Coalition, Home School Legal Defense Association, Vision America, National Organization for Marriage, Common Sense America, Catholic Citizens Committee, Life Issues Institute, the Christian Coalition, Christian Life Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, Concerned Women of America, Federation for American Immigration Reform, Republican Governors Association, the Libertarian Party, Republican National Committee, and the state Republican Parties of Alabama, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Rhode Island, Texas and Vermont.

Check out his resume:
http://www.jamesmadisoncenter.org/Documents/Boppresume0208.pdf
My guess is Stand for Marriage is a Focus on the Family shell, so it can spread its money around.

]]> By: Samantha Davis http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/09/08/2864/comment-page-1#comment-16557 Samantha Davis Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:22:05 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=2864#comment-16557 Is that most dollars contributed came from donations between 10,000 and 25,000 or is that most donations are between 10,000 and 25,000? If it's the latter that's great news! It means that Suzie Q and Joe Shmoe couldn't give two cents about the marriage ban, literally. Is that most dollars contributed came from donations between 10,000 and 25,000 or is that most donations are between 10,000 and 25,000?

If it’s the latter that’s great news! It means that Suzie Q and Joe Shmoe couldn’t give two cents about the marriage ban, literally.

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