The ironically named National Organization for Marriage (which actually campaigns against marriage rights for gays and lesbians) will be investigated for trying to hide the names of its donors during the successful campaign to unseat three Iowa state Supreme Court justices who backed same-sex marriage. Basically, a revenge campaign.
The Iowa Ethics & Campaign Disclosure Board voted unanimously to investigate the National Organization for Marriage, saying that if the allegations against it are proven true, the marriage group’s actions would violate state law.
The decision to investigate is a triumph for Republican former presidential candidate Fred Karger, who filed the complaint against the National Organization for Marriage on June 13. Karger said the D.C.-based group spent $635,000 in 2010 and about $100,000 in 2012 to try to oust four of the justices who were part of a unanimous 2009 decision that allowed same-sex marriage in Iowa.
“We caught them,” Karger told reporters after today’s meeting. “I’m so grateful to the ethics commission.”
The Des Moines Register notes that NOM looks to be "a player in Iowa again," with an eye on removing Iowa Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal from office, a champion of same-sex marriage rights, and the other three justices who authored the marriage ruling four years ago.
(via JMG)
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