Seatlle Post Intelligencer
October 27, 2009
By Chris Grygiel
Family PAC said the campaign finance laws were hampering their ability to collect contributions before the November 3 election on Referendum 71 extending domestic partnership rights for gay couples. The law limits donations to small contributions in the last weeks before the election which according to the PAC violates the free speech rights of large donors. Last week, the U.S. Supreme court blocked release of the names of those signing the R-71 petitions and has ruled that campaign contributions are political speech and protected by the First Amendment. -DB