They have insisted that they only spent about $2,800 on the campaign, mostly for travel expenses. Californians Against Hate didn't buy that, and filed a complaint with the Fair Political Practices Commission, in which they accused the Mormons of not accurately reporting the value of the work they performed (translation: lied) to get Prop 8 passed.
In a new filing with the state, the church admits to having spent close to $200,000 in support of Prop 8. This includes $96,000 for "compensated staff time" for church employees who worked on the campaign. Other expenses include $26,000 for audio/video production (translation: lies) and $20,000 for the use of facilities and equipment at the church's Salt Lake City headquarters.
So, they lied about directly spending a significant amount of money to spread lies about same-sex marriage and it's alleged effect on churches and schools.
What else have they lied about?
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This story is an amazing piece of research to prove the Morons had more involvement in passing Prop 8 than they say they did. Kudos to the research group. The problem is that no one is hearing this information. it hasn't been in any of our newspapers or on television. Perhaps your papers in California are picking it up,, but the rest of the country isn't hearing about it, yet. BTW, we call their underpants, "Magic Underwear". I have no respect for the Morons, or any other organized religion. Religions to me is the root of all evil. And I do believe there is evil in the world. Just look at Bush and his cronies.
The SF Chronicle is running with this story. Probably the LA Times too. Doubt it's making news elsewhere though.
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