Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Anti-gay marriage group stays out of latest petition drive

The South Coast Today

BOSTON — The group that has led opposition to gay marriage says it will not participate in a petition drive to block out-of-state, same-sex couples from being married in Massachusetts.

The Massachusetts Family Institute said "there is no winning on this issue" because thousands of marriages will have taken place before the proposed ballot question could go to voters in November 2010.

A group called MassResistance is organizing the petition drive to reinstate a 1913 law that bars the state from marrying a couple if the marriage is illegal in their home state.

First, organizers must collect 33,297 signatures from registered voters by Oct. 29 to put it on the ballot.

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