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Minnesota Campaign Finance To Investigate Anti-Gay Groups Pushing Marriage Amendment | Minnesota’s Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board has launched an investigation into groups heavily involved in promoting a proposed constitutional amendment to outlaw marriage equality in Minnesota. The coalition pushing for the amendment, Minnesota for Marriage, and one of its strongest arms, the Minnesota Family Council, are under investigation for failure to disclose the names of donors whose contributions totaled hundreds of thousands of dollars. In early February, ThinkProgress noted a discrepancy in the groups’ tax filings. Minnesotans are nearly evenly split on the amendment, which will be on the ballot in November of this year.