I will be examining the opposing advocacy groups that were involved in the California Proposition 8 election. In particular the role the Mormon Church played in the election. Is it right for advocacy groups and religious nonprofits from another state to participate so heavily in another state's election? I stumbled apon this research topic/question while talking to a friend from California so was so fired up about the election that I decide to examine the issue. I though that it would be interesting to examine the role nonprofits played in proposition 8.
Sources:
California Supreme Court Archive: http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/opinions/archive/S168047.PDF
News Releases:
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/presscenter/newsreleases/NR29-09.PDF
Mormons’ Prop 8 protested:
Very interesting topic, Sarah. There's another piece here that's important to your research, and that's around the legality of churches making political contributions as 501c3 organizations. Here's a couple links on that topic.
ReplyDeletehttp://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/bclr42&div=32&g_sent=1#887
http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/pittax1&div=7&g_sent=1#41