Proposition 8 ad rewritten

Looks like the Yes on Proposition 8 ad that features San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom declaring same-sex marriage is here to stay, "like it or not," has hit a legal - if not political - snag down in Southern California. Mattier and Ross in the San Francisco Chronicle.

Newsom's bit is fine - but apparently not the part where Pepperdine University law Professor Richard Peterson warns that, if same-sex marriages remain on the books, people could be sued over personal beliefs, churches could lose their tax exemptions, and gay marriage could be "taught in public schools."

A number of alumni who saw the ad contacted the university president's office to protest what appeared to be Pepperdine's own endorsement of Prop. 8, which would violate its tax-exempt status. The university is affiliated with the Churches of Christ.