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Playing hardball in gay marriage fight

Tom Gallagher  |  May. 21, 2009 NCR Today

The proponents of the gay marriage law have complained to the IRS that the Catholic Diocese of Maine is violating tax rules by helping a referendum campaign that would repeal the state's new same-sex marriage law. The Empowering Spirits Foundation said its challenge was filed Wednesday at an Internal Revenue Service office in Dallas. The San Diego-based group said the diocese is engaging in political activity [1] by collecting signatures for the referendum, violating IRS rules applying to nonprofits.


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[1] http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/05/21/national/a123659D01.DTL&type=politics