Federal judge: Anti-same-sex marriage donations must be kept public (identities, boycott, Sacramento)

[AnUnidentifiedMale]

(01-29) 14:34 PST Sacramento, Calif. (AP) --

A federal judge has denied a request to keep secret the names of donors to California's anti-gay marriage initiative.

U.S. District Judge Morrison England Jr. ruled Thursday that the state's campaign disclosure laws are intended to protect the public and are important during expensive initiative campaigns.

Supporters of Proposition 8 had sought a preliminary injunction to hide the identities of those who contributed to their campaign.

The initiative was approved by voters in November. It overturned a state Supreme Court ruling that allowed gay marriage.

Reports that identify those who donated within two weeks of the election or afterward are scheduled to be publicly released Monday.

Judge: Anti-gay marriage donors must be public (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/01/29/state/n135106S46.DTL - broken link)

[chielgirl]

A little late for them to be ashamed of what they did.
So what, they'll probably lose a lot of business.
I boycott, others will, too.

[lamexican]

I can't wait! I'm so curious of the non religeous contributors!

[Dean Winchester]

If I find out that Wal-Mart or Best Buy for example donated money to keep marriage between a woman and a man than I will shop at their stores even more.