They've got muck; we've got rakes. TPM Muckraker  NOM Loses Bid
To Keep Anti-Gay Marriage MN Donors Concealed Out Of
'Harassment' Fears   Tom Prichard, president of the Minnesota
Family Council, argued that if donors are disclosed it "would
have a significant chilling effect on free speech. Even in
Minnesota already it's gotten heated in some respects."  "The
concern is harassment, property damage, a chilling effect. If I
know I have to disclose my name, I'm not going to get involved
with the Minnesota Family Council," Prichard told the board.
The campaign board disagreed, and in a 5-1 vote ruled Thursday
that corporations that give over $5,000 to a campaign for or
against a ballot measure must disclose the names of their donors
who have given over $1000.  Donald McFarland of Minnesotans
United for All Families, one of the groups opposing the
amendments, said they didn't testify before the board because
their donors didn't care about having their names disclosed.
"We're just glad that there's clarity," he to