Individual donors foot the bill on the opposing side, while NOM and the Roman Catholic Church line up on the other.
Exactly one week before voters in North Carolina will decide Amendment One, a draconian measure that would bar marriage rights and all other forms of relationship recognition for same-sex couples reports filed to North Carolina’s State Board of Elections show that the Coalition to Protect NC Families, which opposes the amendment, has raised $2.3 million to date, with first-quarter expenditures this year of $1.8 million and $294,000 cash on hand. Individual contributors have donated $1.4 million, with $368,000 in contributions from non-profits. (WRAL has crunched the numbers on major donors, click here for more info.)
Vote for Marriage NC, the coalition working to pass Amendment One, has raised a total of $1.2 million, with $1.1 million in first-quarter expenditures and $121,000 cash on hand. Individual contributors have donated $311,000, compared to $852,000 from non-profits, a near a near reverse of the giving pattern to Amendment One opponents.
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