Washington Post: Gay marriage advocates on offensive

LOS ANGELES — As more states take up the debate on same-sex marriage, some

advocates of legalization are taking a very specific lesson from California,

where the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints dominated both fundraising

and door-knocking to pass a ballot initiative that barred such unions.

With the battle moving east, some advocates are shouting that fact in the

streets, calculating that on an issue that eventually comes down to comfort

levels, more people harbor apprehensions about Mormons than about homosexuality.

\"The Mormons are coming! The Mormons are coming!\" warned ads placed on

newspaper Web sites in three Eastern states last month. The ad was rejected by

sites in three other states, including Maine, where the Kennebec Journal

informed Californians Against Hate that the copy \"borders on insulting and

denigrating a whole set of people based on their religion.\"