NEWS FLASH

Anti-Gay Groups Spending Big, Despite Economic Downturn | A new report from the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life finds that anti-gay groups like the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), Concerned Women for America, and the Family Research Council (FRC) spent big dollars opposing equality in 2008 and 2009, despite the economic recession. NOM “more than doubled its advocacy expenditures from $3.3 million in 2008 to $8.6 million in 2009,” while the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, spent $26.7 million on advocacy in 2009:

(HT: Carlos Maza)