Tag Archives: NOM

As they have done in other states, the National Organization for Marriage has filed a lawsuit against the New York Elections Board, saying they shouldn’t have to comply with state campaign finance disclosure laws. Julie Bolcer reports at the Advocate: The complaint against the state board of elections was filed on September 16, two days after the primary election, in …

The Knights of Columbus produced this program which the Catholic Church has sent out on DVD to all Catholics in Minnesota. Slaggie Gilamonster appears in the second clip.

Video by Matt Baume, who is also in the post below this one.

NOM crows about their support of Rep. Tom Emmer, the anti-gay asshat running for governor of Minnesota: We’ve just released what may very well be our most powerful ad yet . . . Focused on protecting one of our most precious civil rights – the right to vote – the ad traces today’s battle for the right to vote on …

Gay activist Fred Karger is exploring a run for president in 2012 and this week debuts the below ad on New Hampshire television. Clip description: “Fred Karger, the gay activist who started the investigation against the Mormon church and the National Organization for Marriage over Prop 8, introduces himself and his Presidential Exploratory Committee to the people of New Hampshire. …

God’s Gentle People™ at the Catholic charity Knights of Columbus have donated more to fight marriage equality than it has allocated for its own food bank program. The Knights of Columbus, a Catholic fraternal society founded in New Haven in 1881, does a lot of good work. In a report detailing its charitable giving during 2009, the organization noted that …

Over the last seven days… Pennsylvania: Pastor Arthur Schirmer arrested for the murder of his wife. Schirmer is also suspected of having killed his first wife nine years ago.Ontario: Father Kenneth Gibbs sued by five women for sexually abusing them as children. Last year Gibbs was convicted on eight counts of sexual assault.Michigan: Pastor William Bendert arrested for attempting to …

(Via – Good As You)

Interesting. And hypocritical. Their follow-up tweet says: “DADT has nothing to do with the tradition of marriage between a man and a woman and everything to do with citizens’ rights.” (One Man-One Woman is a NOM affiliate.)

The editorial board of the wingnut National Review posted a lengthy essay on same-sex marriage today. Here’s a tired, cliched excerpt: Same-sex marriage would introduce a new, less justifiable distinction into the law. This new version of marriage would exclude pairs of people who qualify for it in every way except for their lack of a sexual relationship. Elderly brothers …

“An earthquake is beginning: If ‘gay is like black,’ then ‘Christian is like racist.’ The early warning signs are now taking place all over the globe. In New Zealand, Exodus Ministries was just stripped of its tax-exempt status, on the grounds that helping gay people lead Christian lives is not a charity.” – NOM reacts to yesterday’s news that New …

JMG reader Tom sends us the latest NOM flier in support of DC City Council candidate Delano Hunter, who “supports the Biblical definition of marriage.” Embiggen the image to see the photo of “radical gay marriage activists.”

New from Rob Tisinai.

With the assistance of NOM and Republican politicians, the campaign to oust Iowa’s pro-equality Supreme Court justices is now in full swing. “We need to vote them off the bench to send a message across Iowa that we, the people, still have the power,” said Bob Vander Plaats, a Republican politician who is spearheading the campaign. “Not only will it …

The Courage Campaign reports that sixties folk music star Peter Yarrow is NOT happy that NOM has been playing Peter, Paul & Mary’s cover of This Land Is Your Land at NOM’s hate rallies. Yarrow has sent Brian Brown a cease and desist letter. I bet NOM doesn’t even know that Woody Guthrie wrote This Land as an counterpoint to …

“We respect Ken Mehlman’s right to his personal life. Supporting gay marriage, however, is a very different and very public matter. The fight over same-sex marriage really isn’t about Mr. Mehlman’s personal life. Marriage, as a public legal status, is a man and a woman for a reason: It is the only civil institution that brings together the two halves …