Mormon church almost spent $200K on Prop 8

So Godlike...The Mormons spent more than they reported for Prop 8. At first, they claimed that they spent less than $2,500 on the campaign.

Well, they lied. They were exposed by Fred Karger, from of Californians Against Hate. He filed his complaint with the FPPC claiming the Mormon church created commercials, Web sites, conducted simulcasts and meetings to California supporters without filing any more financial reports.

The Mormon church said they didn't go over the 'legal' amount. But once the truth was released, we learned they spent close to 200K.

The report, filed with the secretary of state's office, listed a variety of California travel expenses for high-ranking members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and included $20,575 for use of facilities and equipment at the church's Salt Lake City headquarters and a $96,849 charge for "compensated staff time" for church employees who worked on matters pertaining to Prop. 8.

Up until Friday, the Mormon church had denied any direct financial support for the campaign beyond a reported $2,078 spent for bringing church Elder L. Whitney Clayton to California.

Church officials complained that Karger's complaint was full of errors and that the church had "fully complied" with California law.

The report filed Friday contained few details about how the money was spent. It did list $26,000 for audio-visual production and travel expenses for a number of Mormon leaders other than Clayton.

I guess, they did what they had to do to protect marriage...including sinning. Got to love those religious types.