KERRY, EDWARDS HAVE "NO OBJECTION" TO MISSOURI VOTE: From 365Gay.com

Senator John Edwards, campaigning Thursday in Cape Girardeau, said he and running mate John Kerry have "no objection" to this week's vote in Missouri to amend the state constitution to ban gay marriage.

"We're both opposed to gay marriage and believe that states should be allowed to decide this question," Edwards said in an interview Thursday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

Kerry said the issue is one of states' rights. Both Kerry ad Edwards oppose amending the US Constitution to stop gays from marrying.

Kerry is already on record supporting a similar amendment to the constitution of his home state, Massachusetts. Both members of the Democratic ticket support giving limited rights to same-sex couples.

On Tuesday, Missouri became the first state since the legalization of gay marriage in Massachusetts to vote on amending its constitution. More than 70 percent of voters supported the amendment.

Louisiana residents are to vote on a marriage amendment Sept. 18. Then Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Montana, Oklahoma, Oregon and Utah are to vote on the issue Nov. 2. There also are initiatives pending in Michigan, North Dakota and Ohio.

Edwards's comments are likely to anger gay rights advocates, but garner support among independent and undecided voters in the South were states rights is an important issue.

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