Chelsea Clinton appearing in an ad
endorsing Referendum 74 in Washington state was blocked from being
used by NBC News.
Passage of the ballot initiative allows
a gay marriage law approved by lawmakers to take effect on December
6.
(Related: Seattle
City Hall to open Sunday, December 9 for first gay weddings.)
According to BuzzFeed.com,
Clinton starred in a video supporting Referendum 74, as well as a
second broader video in which she endorsed marriage equality. The
second video supposedly was intended to shore up efforts in three
other states where the issue was on the ballot: Maine, Maryland and
Minnesota.
The campaign was “scuttled” by NBC,
Clinton's employer, an anonymous source is quoted as saying. A
previous The
New York Post story cited Clinton's NBC News contract as
preventing her from campaigning for President Barack Obama's
reelection campaign.
Clinton, along with her famous father,
President Bill Clinton, visibly campaigned for passage of marriage
equality in New York last June. She joined NBC News as a “special
correspondent” last November. Clinton's reporting at the network
avoids politics.