Gay rights measures on ballots in 2 states
Playing out in the opposite corner of the continental United States is a political campaign that would look very familiar to the voters of California.
Television commercials in Maine contend that legalizing same-sex marriage would result in homosexuality being taught to schoolchildren.
The ads feature families, teachers and law professors and were produced by the Sacramento political consulting firm that made similar commercials for the successful Proposition 8 campaign last fall that reimposed the ban on same-sex marriage in California.
The Maine same-sex marriage referendum is one of two gay-rights battles that will be decided in Nov. 3 elections. The other would overturn comprehensive domestic partnership legislation, dubbed “everything but marriage,” in Washington state.
Five states — Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut, Iowa and Maine — have passed laws allowing same-sex marriage, although the Nov. 3 referendum will determine whether Maine’s takes effect. New Hampshire’s gay marriage law will take effect Jan. 1.
Read more of this report at the Union-Tribune
