Anne Stanback, a gay marriage advocate, says interest in civil unions has been weak in Connecticut.
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Howard Stanback, a ShoreBank board member, formerly served as chairman of the Woods Foundation, where Barack Obama and now retired terrorist Bill Ayres also sat on the board.
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Stanback was previously employed by New Kenwood, a real estate development company co-owned by convicted felon Tony Rezko (who arranged a great deal for the president on a Chicago home purchase).