Current Politics
In July 2009 the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans contributed $2,000 of its money to overturn a law in the New England state of Maine allowing same-sex civil marriage. In early 2009, Maine, through its legislature and with the approval of its catholic governor extended the civil rights of same sex couples to marry in Maine. According to Maine's "Commission on Governmental Ethics & Election Practices", the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland Maine spent over $553,000 to rescind those rights. The Archdiocese of New Orleans' $2,000 was part of that $553,000.
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