World Magazine reports:
I’m no lawyer but I have to admit, when I first saw that the Alliance Defense Fund had filed a class-action suit on behalf of Prop 8 donors that sought to have a campaign finance law declared unconstitutional, I was skeptical.
Sunshine being the best disinfectant, I wondered how ADF could possibly argue that it is in the government’s best interests to keep private certain information about political donors. The answer lies in the complaint ADF filed in the U.S. District Court of eastern California . . .
In a case called Buckley v. Valeo, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that if an organization can make “an uncontroverted showing that on past occasions revelation of the identity of its rank-and-file members had exposed [those] members to economic reprisal, loss of employment, threat of physical coercion, and other manifestations of public hostility,” the state’s interests furthered by disclosure may be outweighed by greater First Amendment concerns.”. . .
ADF Press release: ADF attorneys file suit to stop harassment of Calif. marriage amendment supporters
