Comments on: NOM is DESPERATE for small donors http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2012/10/08/49469 News, analysis and fact-checking of anti-gay rhetoric Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:04:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: jerry http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2012/10/08/49469/comment-page-1#comment-160858 jerry Thu, 11 Oct 2012 07:38:20 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=49469#comment-160858 How much longer before the officers of NOM get hit with contempt citations and either comply with court rulings or go to jail? How much longer before the officers of NOM get hit with contempt citations and either comply with court rulings or go to jail?

]]> By: mikenola http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2012/10/08/49469/comment-page-1#comment-159709 mikenola Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:01:25 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=49469#comment-159709 What confuses this issue, and me, most is that now that SCOTUS has shunned their case, exactly what is the State of Maine Ethics Committee doing that holds up the disclosure? Are members of that Ethics Committee supporters of NOM? Truly how else can NOM claim that the ethics committee has anything going on that will stop their requirement to reveal the donations? Why have the good guys not run into court demanding a subpoena duces tecum and accompanying hearing to decide the penalty against NOM for continuing to flout the law? I know I am not the only person with these questions,,,,,anyone have answers? What confuses this issue, and me, most is that now that SCOTUS has shunned their case, exactly what is the State of Maine Ethics Committee doing that holds up the disclosure?

Are members of that Ethics Committee supporters of NOM? Truly how else can NOM claim that the ethics committee has anything going on that will stop their requirement to reveal the donations?

Why have the good guys not run into court demanding a subpoena duces tecum and accompanying hearing to decide the penalty against NOM for continuing to flout the law?

I know I am not the only person with these questions,,,,,anyone have answers?

]]> By: andrewdb http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2012/10/08/49469/comment-page-1#comment-159389 andrewdb Tue, 09 Oct 2012 00:15:02 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=49469#comment-159389 There are different Federal tax rules on how much one can deduct (and other things) depending on whether the donation is to a "public charity" or a "private foundation" - one of the tests for which category an organization belongs in depends on whether they are a "publicly supported organization" - if they only have a couple of large donors, they might fail this test and be a "private foundation" for tax purposes. There are different Federal tax rules on how much one can deduct (and other things) depending on whether the donation is to a “public charity” or a “private foundation” – one of the tests for which category an organization belongs in depends on whether they are a “publicly supported organization” – if they only have a couple of large donors, they might fail this test and be a “private foundation” for tax purposes.

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