KENTUCKY AMENDMENT FUNDRAISING: From the Lexington Herald-Leader

The lone political issue committee campaigning against Kentucky's constitutional amendment No. 1, which would ban same-sex marriages and civil unions, raised three times as much money as the five groups campaigning for the amendment combined.

Kentucky Families for Fairness, also known as No on the Amendment, raised $326,000 in cash and in-kind contributions between May 1 and Oct. 1, according to reports filed at the state Registry of Election Finance.

The five groups supporting the amendment raised a total of $103,000 in cash and in-kind donations. Unlike No on the Amendment, which collected most of its money from individuals, more than half of the money collected by pro-amendment committees came from conservative public policy groups such as the Family Foundation of Kentucky and the American Family Association of Kentucky. Polls have found that more than 70 percent of Kentuckians plan to vote for the amendment.

The majority of the donations to No on the Amendment came from residents of Louisville and Lexington, but contributions also came from Bowling Green, Covington and other communities. Less than 4 percent of money collected through itemized donations came from residents of other states.

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