"Living Wage Is Our Gay Marriage"

What Is a Living Wage? - New York Times: "'This is what moves people to the polls now,' Kern insists. 'This is our gay marriage.' Already, during the past few months, a coalition of grass-roots and labor organizations have begun gathering hundreds of thousands of signatures to ensure that proposed laws to increase wages are voted on in November. The first targets, Kern told me, will be Arizona, Colorado, Michigan and Ohio. Next in line, either this year or soon after, are Montana, Oklahoma and Arkansas, the home of Wal-Mart."