Alert bloggers have picked upthat images copyrighted by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and are being used in an hilariously bad WA Ref 71 oppposition ads.
This image is the same one found here on the LDS website, clearly marked "© 2009 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved." Intellectual Reserve, Inc.is a legal entity of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Mormons have, historically, been very protective of their copyrights.
Californians Against Hate has been instrumental to holding groups accountable to laws governing our election and political action committees. It isn't legal for the Mormon Church to be directly seeking to influence election outcomes and it isn't legal for the National Organization for Marriage to be laundering money for them, as they're suspected of doing in California, Maine, Iowa.
I suggest the National Organization for Marriage, and LDS stop the lies and pretending, register as a Political Action Committee and pay start paying fucking taxes and opening their books as the law requires.
H/t to abraxas_bear at Pam's House Blend. h/t to juls as well for compiling an more thorough diary on the subject of NOM's money laundering on Aug 28.