ME Mother In Ad: "After...Legalized Gay Marriage, Our Son Came Home And Told Us The School Taught Him That Boys Can Marry Other Boys"

MCT News Service reports that "a year ago, Robin and Robb Wirthlin went to Riverside Wesleyan Church in Sacramento, Calif., to warn Californians about what they feared might happen if gay marriage remained legal in the state.The Mormon couple from Massachusetts, who also were featured in television advertisements in California, said they were horrified after gay marriage was legalized in their own state. They said their 7-year-old son came home from school and told them his teacher had read 'King and King,' a fairy tale about two princes who wed. Now the Wirthlins are carrying the same message on television ads in Maine, where voters will decide the fate of gay marriage in their state on Nov. 3. The Maine vote is the first in the nation on same-sex marriage since Californians voted to reject gay marriage last November. The vote overruled a decision by the California Supreme Court, which had legalized gay marriage. So California's long fight over same-sex marriage has moved temporarily to New England, where many of the same players are slugging it out, often using the same strategies that worked so well for opponents in the Golden State." In an ad, Robin Wirthlin looks into the camera and says: "After Massachusetts legalized gay marriage, our son came home and told us the school taught him that boys can marry other boys." Her husband adds: "We tried to stop public schools from teaching children about gay marriage, but the courts said we had no right to object to pull him out of class." Tweet