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The Illinois Family Institute officially throws in the towel by announcing that it won’t appeal that scorching appellate court ruling which denied the group ballot access for its advisory referendum.
The push for an anti-gay marriage advisory referendum on the statewide ballot this November is officially over.
Proponents of the Protect Marriage Illinois initiative say they have given up and won’t challenge a federal appeals court ruling last week that effectively scuttled their movement. The court’s decision upheld a dismissal of a lawsuit this summer that alleged Illinois’ election laws were overly burdensome and unfairly nixed a ballot question asking voters whether Illinois needs a constitutional amendment to permanently bar same-sex couples from tying the knot.
“This is the end of the road for now,” said Peter LaBarbera, spokesman for the Illinois Family Institute, a conservative group behind the Protect Marriage initiative. “We’re sad it’s not going to be on there, but we’ve decided not to challenge the court’s decision anymore.” […]
The issue is not likely to go away forever, even in Illinois’ political scene, which is trending leftward. LaBarbera said the initiative “mobilized an incredible number of people” and that another push in 2008 is likely. Garcia promised to “go toe-to-toe with them and fight all the way.”
Despite their loss, they do have a very large mailing list now.
posted by Rich Miller
Friday, Sep 15, 06 @ 8:26 am
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