A federal district judge has ordered the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) to disclose its contributors in the wake of its $1.09 million campaign to revoke gay-marriage rights in Maine.
NOM argued that its free speech rights would be violated by revealing its backers. The judge said that state law required the disclosure and served a “compelling” and “critical” interest in providing the information to the voters. -db
From Courthouse News Service, February 25, 2011, by Bridget Freeland.