Family Life

10.02.12 | Sarah Harnisch

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from a national pro-traditional marriage group that tried to thwart Maine's campaign disclosure law requiring it to release its donor list. The high court on Monday turned aside an appeal from the National Organization for Marriage, which donated nearly 2-million dollars to a political action committee that helped repeal Maine's same-sex marriage law. Maine's campaign disclosure law requires groups that raise or spend more than $5-thousand dollars to influence elections to register and disclose donors. The group says it believes releasing the donor list would violate free speech, but the lower court refused to throw out the law. The case is pending with the state ethics commission, so the voter list remains under wraps.