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Maggie Gallagher and Brian Brown are doing cartwheels. “This is a huge win, it puts the nail in the coffin on the idea that gay marriage advocates can persuade a majority of Americans their cause is just,” said Brian Brown, Executive Director of the National Organization for Marriage (NOM). “New York makes it crystal clear: the American people do not …

Via NOM’s blog: DC Councilman Tommy Wells — who not that long ago actually supported school vouchers — has just written an open letter to Senate subcommittee Chairman Dick Durbin strongly opposing the reauthorization of the DC school voucher program this year. Why? Because some of the kids in the program use the vouchers to attend Catholic schools, and the …

“This battle is not over. DC politicians are blocking the right of people to vote on marriage. Voters in 31 other states have already exercised their right to vote on this issue. It is ironic that some politicians actively campaign demanding DC voting rights and yet they are conspiring to deny those same citizens the right to vote on the …

Chase Bank is running a holiday contest on Facebook in which readers can vote for which charities should get a chunk of Chase’s $5M donation fund. Among the list of anti-gay (and gay-friendly) groups is NOM. Queerty notes that the drop-down menu of charities probably came from a “standard non-profit database provider, without much editing on Chase’s part.” But also …

Yesterday the National Organization for Marriage launched a $500,000 campaign against marriage equality in New Jersey. From their press release: The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) announces a new $500,000 voter outreach campaign in New Jersey highlighted by the release of a new radio ad, “Give Me a Break,” which will begin running on targeted New Jersey radio stations today …

The New Jersey Star Ledger, the state’s largest newspaper, yesterday published an editorial warning governor-elect Chris Christie not to interfere in the legislature’s coming vote on same-sex marriage by attempting to influence the voting. Within the next several weeks, probably in early December, the Legislature will take up the question of gay marriage. This will be high political drama. Because …

The National Organization for Marriage today posted this warning to NY state senators in advance of tomorrow’s possible vote on marriage equality: Following up on its successful campaign to defeat Dede Scozzafava in NY-23, The National Organization for Marriage’s (NOM) Executive Director Brian Brown announced plans to build a $500,000 war chest to fund a primary challenge to any Republican …

Tony-winning Avenue Q creator Jeff Whitty, FTW.

The National Institute on Money in State Politics has sent us the above breakdown of the groups and amounts funding both sides of Maine’s Question 1. The losing No On 1 side outspent the bigots by 68%, but to no avail. Proponents The committees that supported Question 1 got their funding almost entirely from churches and conservative Christian organizations and …

Via MetroWeekly’s YouTube channel: Brown argues that heterosexual marriage is a rare ”human good” while gay and lesbian unions are not the same, and that heterosexuals are best for children. Then he insinuates that he and others with such hetero-is-best beliefs are victims of unfair ”bigot’ labeling. Later, after extensive review of his organization’s funding and the questionable behavior of …

ABOVE: Yes On 1 supporters explode in joy and thank Jeebus for protecting them from the blood-thirsty homosexuals. They should also thank NOM for its illegal refusal to comply with Maine’s financial disclosure laws. And they should thank Stand For Marriage for consistently lying about “teaching gay marriage.” And they should thank the Archbishop of Maine for passing the collection …

Good news from Maine: A federal judge has turned down a request by the National Organization for Marriage to suspend Maine’s campaign reporting requirements for ballot initiatives. But the judge’s decision on Wednesday will have no immediate impact on the biggest contributor to the group that’s trying to overturn Maine’s gay marriage law. The ethics commission voted Oct. 1 to …

Rather than comply with Maine’s financial disclosure requirements, NOM is suing the state to overturn the law entirely. The biggest contributor to the group trying to overturn Maine’s gay marriage law is suing the state over its campaign reporting requirements. The state ethics commission voted Oct. 1 to take a closer look at contributions by the National Organization for Marriage …

Fred Karger of Californians Against Hate, who is being harassed by NOM’s attorneys for demanding their financial records, has issued a challenge for Maggie Gallagher and Brian Brown to be completely truthful about their funding. What’s wrong with these people? Why are they working so hard to harm so many? What is their true motivation? Why do they continue to …

NOM has subpoenaed Californians Against Hate’s Fred Karger, demanding that he submit “any and all financial records” from his campaign to unearth their financing. That’s something that they themselves have refused to provide to the IRS and state groups as required by law. Karger writes in the Huffington Post: By subpoenaing me, they are forcing me to spend lots of …

“I love the gay press. I really am impressed with gay journalists, as a group. I like reading the marriage issue in the gay press because they cover it as if what happens matters, whereas if you read The New York Times, it’s always about how this is going to affect who gets elected president.” – NOM founder Maggie Gallagher, …

Prolific video maker and JMG reader Sean Chapin turns in this mock trailer for a horror movie called The Homosexuals, who are totally coming to take your children and your religious freedoms.

The Washington DC City Council is poised to introduce its marriage equality bill later this month with an “assured majority” of council members as co-sponsors. [Openly gay] D.C. City Council member David Catania (I-At Large) is expected to introduce a bill to allow same-sex marriages to be performed in the District before month’s end, according to sources familiar with Catania’s …

NOM founder Maggie Gallagher thinks LGBT people are being just downright “unneighborly” when we vigorously protest our legalized oppression at the hands of the Christian right. Why, we should all be politely tipping our hats as Maggie sneers, “Shut up and eat your nothing!” “Here’s the truth: You will now be called a hater and a bigot merely for standing …

The ombudsman for the Washington Post has posted an apology for last week’s glowing profile of NOM’s executive director, Brian Brown. [I]t deprived readers of hearing from others who have battled Brown and find him uncivil and bigoted. To them, he represents injustice. They should have been heard, at length. “In a profile piece, for a controversial figure like that …