Anti-Gay Group Americans For Truth About Homosexuality Loses Tax-Exempt Status
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- On Top Magazine Staff
- | August 04, 2011
Peter LaBarbera's Americans for Truth About Homosexuality has lost its tax-exempt status.
LaBarbera has confirmed reports that his Naperville, Illinois-based group's tax status has changed.
“Americans for Truth About Homosexuality is working to comply fully with IRS regulations, whether we end up as a 501(c)3, c-4, or LLC,” LaBarbera wrote on his website. “As always, we will endeavor to report information on the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual transgender) movement that is ignored by the liberal, pro-homosexual 'mainstream' media. Currently, per notification by the IRS received by AFTAH on June 10, 2011, donations to Americans for Truth are not tax-deductible.”
According to Ex-Gay Watch, the group lost its status as a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization after failing to file “a Form 990, 990-EZ, 990-N or 990-PF for 3 consecutive years.”
A form for the year 2009 shows LaBarbera received a salary of $75,000.
The Southern Poverty Law Center last year listed Americans for Truth About Homosexuality as a hate group.
LaBarbera's group is working to repeal Illinois' recently approved civil unions law and amend the state constitution to define marriage as a heterosexual union.