(Photo: AP / Elaine Thompson)
This Sept. 24, 2009 photo shows customers passing the entrance to the Columbia City Bakery where 'equality' cookies are being sold to raise funds in support of Referendum 71 in Seattle. Nearly a year after California voters overturned same-sex marriage, voters in three other states will weigh in this fall on whether to reverse gay rights initiatives ranging from anti-discrimination measures to marriage benefits.

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