The former chief
marketing officer for Kmart, Bill Stewart, officially
joined the Equality for All campaign to help defeat a
proposed California constitutional amendment on
the ballot this November that would ban same-sex
marriage.
Stewart recently
resigned from his executive position at Sears Holdings,
Kmart's parent, where he earned a six-figure salary and had
stock options and opportunities for bonuses. He has
signed on to work as an unpaid volunteer with the
Equality for All, a coalition of gay advocacy groups
dedicated to defending same-sex marriage and defeating the
marriage amendment in California.
About 50 groups
are members of the coalition. Prominent members are the
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Equality
California, the Human Rights Campaign, the National
Gay and Lesbian Task Force, and the American Civil
Liberties Union.
Stewart made the
decision to change careers after attending a GLAAD
national board meeting in Los Angeles in early June
regarding the looming threat to same-sex marriage.
If voters approve
the ballot measure, same-sex weddings would no
longer be performed in California, and marriages that have
already occurred might be voided. (The
Advocate)
