Jun 12, 2007Quickie Link: Group Makes Push to Stop Ban on Gay Marriage
By vanrozenheim
(Gloucester, USA) - A local group is starting its first public campaign to convince local legislators to stop a state constitutional amendment banning gay marriage from coming to a statewide vote. Cape Ann Equality, a local offshoot of the state Mass Equality organization that advocates in favor of keeping gay marriage legal, has gathered hundreds of signatures. The local group ran a full-page ad in yesterday's Times in advance of Thursday's Constitutional Convention, where the House and Senate will take up the proposed amendment that defines marriage as a relationship between one man and one woman. The group, which garnered more than 240 signatures, has an active membership of between 20 and 30, said Astrid afKlinteberg, a former city councilor who signed the statement to legislators. The activists have been meeting since January.
