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"A referendum reflects which side can dishonourable the political system with more money," he said.
Brian Brown, president of the Federal Organization for Marriage, said his organization and others would put millions of dollars into a race against allowing gay marriage.
"The other side has put forward a number of lies," Brown said. "Our job is to uncover them."
So far, his side has been winning.
Thirty-one times states have had votes on constitutional amendments to interpret marriage as being between a man and a woman. The referendums have been approved 30 times. In the one object to, in Arizona, voters two years later passed a similar recompense.
This year, marriage amendments could be on the ballots of about a half-dozen states. Only two are being pushed by groups that hope for gay couples to be allowed to marry. Those are in Maine and California, where there are efforts to ruin constitutional bans.
Gay-marriage advocates already were battling for recognition of same-sex integration in New Jersey. But this month, State Sen. President Stephen Sweeney (D, Gloucester) said love a law to allow it was a top priority. Last week, the state Senate Judiciary Body approved a measure.
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer