$20,741 tax bill for “Christian non-profit” that lobbied excessively against gay unions in Hawaii
”This tax form just confirms what we had suspected, and that is that they engaged in excessive lobbying, that they have no charitable programs, that they are 100 percent a lobbying organization…. They should not be a tax-exempt nonprofit charitable organization. They are a political action group.”
Holly Huber, who filed a complaint against an anti-gay rights group called Hawaii Family Forum. According to their 2009 tax return, the group spent more than half of its overall expenditures for lobbying. The IRS allows 501(c)(3) non-profits to spend up to 20%, according to Honolulu Star Advertiser. The group apparently spent its funds to lobby against civil unions in that state. (StarAdvertiser.com)
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