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“Earlier this month, the National Organization for Marriage– an
organization whose purpose is to protect traditional marriage and
the faith organizations that support it– announced that it has
filed suit against the Internal Revenue Service over the alleged
illegal release of its 2008 confidential tax return to ideological
opponents. The complaint in National Organization For Marriage,
Inc. v. U.S. Internal Revenue Service, (ED VA, filed 10/3/2013)
alleges:
“”In March 2012, individuals employed by the IRS … disclosed
NOM’s confidential … 2008 IRS Fonn 990, Schedule B, which
contains the names, home addresses, and contribution amounts of
NOM’s 2008 donors, to one or more third parties, including NOM’s
ideological opponent, the Human Rights Campaign…. On information
and belief, the individuals from the IRS chose to make this
disclosure … specifically intending that those third parties
would widely publish the information…. NOM’s confidential return
information was subsequently published on the Internet by third
parties, including HRC and the Huffington Post … making it
available to millions of people. These disclosures are part of a
deliberate attempt to chill the First Amendment activity of NOM,
its donors, and others who associate with NOM.
“The complaint seeks damages and injunctive relief.”