San Francisco Company Paid More Than $600k to Fight Gay Marriage in Maine

Hey, remember all the frustration voiced in the wake of Prop 8's passing, when folks talked about how much of its support came from people who didn't even live in California? Maine's the next battleground for the right to marry, and the "out of town support" argument's apparently rising again -- this time, by a group that's paying a San Francisco based company over half a million dollars to in an effort to take that right away. That's right, this time, the call's coming from inside the house. The most recent email sent by Marc Mutty, Chairman of Stand For Marriage Maine (so we're clear, the only marriages he's standing for are the male-female kind, not the rest of 'em), complains that the opposition to the marriage ban now on the ballot in Maine comes from "mostly from the gay activist political elite from all corners of the nation, including Hollywood, Colorado, New York, Massachusetts" (you can read his whole email here). Mutty's group displays a different attitude when it comes to sending money out of state. In the filings, released yesterday, from Stand For Marriage Maine, the "Expenditures to support or oppose" section contains this entry: Full Story from SF Appeal: http://sfappeal.com/news/2009/10/the-calls-coming-from-inside-the-house.php

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