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“It’s crunch time. We view it as a massive opportunity for a national referendum. It’s going to be a big challenge, but I think we’re up to it. All we need is enough to get our message out. The other side is going to scream, but this is no time for retreat. Whatever we do, we’ve gotten to a point …

Tonight Maggie Gallagher’s eldest son Patrick will debut a song at an AIDS fundraiser at The Duplex, a gay cabaret and nightclub in Manhattan’s West Village. For those unaware, Patrick says that he identifies as straight despite working in what is arguably the single gayest industry in the world. His Twitter profile reads: “Librettist, Lyricist. I love the Knicks, Stephen …

“Dear Marriage Supporter, I’ll keep this short, but the need in North Carolina is urgent. We’ve just learned that gay marriage supporters in North Carolina have been stockpiling mountains of cash. It’s looking almost certain that in the final days before the election, they will launch an all-out air war, blanketing North Carolina TV and radio with ads full of …

“Maryland voters, not politicians, have the final say on marriage. The Maryland same-sex marriage legislation is a meaningless, symbolic act. The people of Maryland, not politicians, will have the final say on marriage. And they will overturn this act of the General Assembly.” – NOM president Brian Brownshirt on yesterday’s signing of Maryland’s marriage equality bill.

Politicker reports: The National Organization for Marriage has taken its anti-gay marriage efforts down to a local level, purchasing advertisements in the special election to replace former State Senator Carl Kruger. A reader found one of these ads in the Orthodox Jewish publication Country Yossi Magazine. “We Need A Senator Who Supports Torah Values,” the ad’s headline reads, before going …

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal of a lower court ruling that NOM must disclose its donors in their successful battle to repeal same-sex marriage in Maine. Via SCOTUS Blog: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a constitutional challenge to a Maine law that requires those seeking to raise and spend money in state …

Brian Brownshirt writes: NOM is a member of the Maryland Marriage Alliance, the official committee that has already begun the effort to collect signatures to put the bill on the ballot this November. But time is short—we have just three months to collect 56,000 valid signatures needed to qualify the referendum for the statewide ballot. Over the next three months, …

Washington state GOP Attorney General Rob McKenna, who is also running for governor, used NOM’s “redefining marriage” wording when writing Referendum 74, the coming ballot measure to repeal same-sex marriage. Anne Levinson, attorney for Washington United, has already convinced a judge to reword one of McKenna’s anti-gay bills. Now she’s going after him on R-74. Levinson will be headed back …

“The gay legal establishment is desperately trying to keep the Supreme Court from reviewing their work. Why? Because they don’t really think they can win. There is no federal Constitutional right to gay marriage. Gay people in the United States are hardly a powerless minority in need of the extraordinary special protections the Court developed, under the authority of the …

NOTE: I’ve replaced NOM’s edited version of the below clip, which removed some of the responses by HRC’s Michael Cole-Schwartz. As we well know, NOM routinely steals original video from other sources (like me) and then edits the clip and posts it as their own.

We’ve got almost two full years to override the veto of NJ Gov. Chris Christie. And you can bet that NOM will be raising money on that fear the entire fucking time. Yesterday afternoon, just hours after the same-sex marriage bill reached his desk, Governor Christie made good on his promise to return the bill to the legislature “with a …

“Democrats in the New Jersey Assembly today walked off a cliff when they decided to redefine marriage to accommodate the political demands of same-sex couples. They have ensured themselves of the united opposition of people of faith when they next face voters. We are grateful to have a principled Governor in Chris Christie who has pledged to veto this legislation. …

Catholic Vote, the website whose blog is written by NOM Cultural Director (and blogger) Thomas Peters, has endorsed Rick Santorum. Peters, who tweets under the handle American Papist, is the son of the Vatican’s top American authority on Catholic legal dogma. While NOM co-founders Maggie Gallagher and Brian Brown are both Catholic, that Vatican front group has yet to make …

“You may have heard that Governor Christine Gregoire has just signed legislation purporting to make Washington state the seventh state to redefine marriage to accommodate the demands of gay marriage activists. What you may not have heard is that this is by no means a settled issue. NOM is joining with the Family Policy Institute of Washington, Stand for Marriage …