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04/13/2011
FRC: Spitting in our faces, wiping said spit back into own hand, throwing it *back* in our faces
It never ceases to amaze us, the sheer gall of our organized opposition. Like take this snippet from the ever-esteemed Family Research Council (please): Family Research Council (FRC) praised the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit for ruling...What can we learn from Brian Brown's ActRight.com?
Thanks to ActRight.com, a Republican fundraising site that National Organization for Marriage president Brian Brown recently launched, we can now get at least a smidgen of insight into NOM financing. According to the site's public disclosure page, the following seven...G-A-Y Exclusive: Delaware's organized civil unions opposition promotes 'ex-gay' therapy, NARTH
As the Delaware Family Council (a Focus on the Family affiliate) works to stop the state's civil unions bill, you're going to hear that organization, its faith-based allies at the Alliance Defense Fund, and its executive director, Nicole Theis, use...Marinelli: There's a secret, underground NOM
If you see a pair of gloves lying around, they very well might belong to NOM defector Louis Marinelli. Because clearly he's taken his off: As early as last year after the Summer for Marriage Tour, NOM had the idea...To stop DE civil unions, ADF contacts top client: Their own gay-excluding vision of God
The Delaware House is on the cusp of joining their friends in the Senate and passing a civil unions bill, possibly as soon as today or tomorrow. So naturally the anti-LGBT Alliance Defense Fund is stepping in to stop the...Video: Colbert lights up Family Leader, Surgeon General's warning be damned
Threat Level Rainbow [Colbert] *** *REMINDER: We first broke this story back in January: Iowa's Family Leader tour: To where, exactly, do they wish to lead the state's gays? [G-A-Y] *And here's the video we made: Video: 'The Second-Hand Effects...04/12/2011
Video: RSVPing for Dobson's paper anniv (*gifts optional, LGBT exclusion mandatory)
Lots of people who want to see you unequal are cheering James Dobson's one year anniversary of post-Focus on the Family life: Such a warm celebration of such a discriminatory radio show. But then Rep. Michelle Bachmann and one of...The increasingly fringe NOM: A picture worth a thousand raised eyebrows
This is a photo the increasingly anti-LGBT (as opposed to "pro-marriage") National Organization For Marriage recently used to illustrate a blog post: *SOURCE: http://rm.awarenessnetworks.com/4813430807882671197.jpg (*Awareness Networks is the social marketing software that Opus Fidelis uses to push out the "NOM...Audio: Gays' marriages are 'next out of the gate for the culture of death'
Earlier we showed you some print press for Charles LiMandri's (NOM's former general counsel, Jennifer Roback Morse's current radio cohost) new anti-gay CD set. But to get the full gist of it, you really gotta hear the audio: Do we...Transparency not even of NOMinal interest: John Eastman edition
Fact: On February 22, 2010, the National Organization For Marriage co-sponsored a swanky DC fundraiser for then-California-Attorney-General-candidate John Eastman. Fact: For his 2010 AG campaign, Eastman used Schubert-Flint Public Affairs (aka NOM and Prop 8's firm). Fact: In April of...Flashback 1980: When even our theoretical representation evoked rage
September 6, 1980 (AP) A few days later, the AP pinpointed the effort as belonging to American Christian Cause, an outfit (founded in 1974) that many historians credit as being the first of America's so-called "religious rights" groups: September 24,...Video: Law & Order: SVU (Synonymous Vows Unit)
'For Marriage'? Really NOM?
This morning, the so-called National Organization For Marriage has posted a story hostile to transgender rights... ...another about blood donation rules in the UK... ...and a third about a gossip blogger's book deal: Lest you were confused about the group's...Marinelli for Courage Campaign: 'I know firsthand that anyone can change if they...see how...anti-equality work is affecting real people.'
Change more hearts and minds like Louis' [Courage] *** **EARLIER: G-A-Y Exclusive: National Organization For Marriage tour organizer/Facebook moderator does startling about-face; Exposure to NOM could lead to unintended side effects [G-A-Y] *ALSO: Michelangelo Signorile interviews Louis *ALSO: NOM took...NOM's onetime counsel, NOM associate's current cohost: Gays lead us to 'end of society as we know it'
Here are a couple more notes about Charles LiMandri, the National Organization For Marriage's onetime general counsel and current radio cohost alongside NOM's Jennifer Roback Morse. This first snip comes from the membership magazine of Legatus, a far-right Catholic organization...Audio: Bachmann in Iowa: 'There's a war going on in our nation against marriage'
- (0:04 - 0:28) Regarding DOMA: President Obama's decision to not defend was not some willy nilly thing, but rather a fully fleshed out legal opinion from the DOJ and AG Holder. Also, President Clinton now opposes this law that...04/11/2011
NOM's essentially a Catholic group: A continued study
- CHARLES LIMANDRI was the National Organization for Marriage's general counsel during the Prop 8 fight. This was a time when Chuck was also creating homo-hostile Powerpoint presentations which linked to uber-disgraced researcher Paul Cameron to support anti-gay claims, wherein...Victoria Jackson still cracking us up
I just saw that on tomorrow's "Oprah," the retiring doyenne of daytime is hosting a mini "Saturday Night Live" reunion. Unfortunately, one former cast member is still obsessing over gays and "Glee" too much to make it. This week: Victoria...Video: Sunday school, every M-F
Even more from that "Awakening 2011" panel on LGBT issues. The person speaking is Cynthia Dunbar, a former member of the Texas State Board of Education, who comes right out and admit that she and her right-leaning colleagues used their...Just in time for Lent, RI Catholic leaders give up all pretense of church/state separation
Ah, Spring. A time when dormant flowers come back in bloom. When garments begin their yearly migration from wool to linen. When both Cadbury eggs and Girl Scout cookies threaten America's waist lines. A time to stop and smell the...Anti-equality advocates shocked -- SHOCKED! -- that pro-equality advocates are advocating
This is the the closing of a letter that Human Rights Campaign prez Joe Solmonese sent to some of the top law firms in the country: We acknowledge and honor your ethical obligations as attorneys. We of course believe that...PFOX pushing 'ex-gay' into public schools; Dr. Seuss books said to feel threatened
It's that time of year again: The time when the so-called Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays (PFOX) notice that others are engaging in efforts to encourage more peace in the world for all students who fall under the spectrum of...Peter Sprigg: FRC's Senior Fellow for Obsessing about Fellows who like Fellows
It's interesting that the Family Research Council's Peter Sprigg wants to either "export" or impose criminal sanctions on us: *SOURCE: Gays seek immigration reform [Medill Reports] *SOURCE: MSNBC We say interesting, because judging from Peter's Twitter feed, he'd have absolutely...Sorry, Africa: God hates you most, per Rick Scarborough's logic
More from this weekend's "Awakening" conference, held on the campus of Liberty University: "I happened to have believed - and haven't changed by mind - that it was a judgment as a result of an immoral act." Rick Scarborough: AIDS...Poll: New Yorkers quite able to wrap heads around basic respect/fairness/equality
A new Siena Poll brings us some encouraging data. It shows that 58% of New Yorkers solidly support the freedom to marry, with only 38% voicing opposition: Siena College Research Institute April 4-6, 2011 777 New York State Registered Voters...NOM defector Marinelli: 'Are you going to let a handful of fringe Catholics...stand between you and the freedom to marry?'
More from Louis: The summer tour rallies were met with counter-protesters at every stop and with the exception of a couple of instances, NOM’s supporters were greatly outnumbered and their enthusiasm was bested by the gays and lesbians who came...Rep. Vicky Hartzler: What did we ever do to her, exactly?
In the just over three months that she's been in office, Rep. Vicky Hartzler (Very Far R-MO) has positioned herself as one of the most anti-LGBT in Congress. Just recently we heard the congresswoman at the Don't Ask Don't Tell...Video: The whiteboard is empty; still more instructive than the 'expert' discussion
Ryan Sorba is best known for being booed off the stage at CPAC 2010. But when not busy doing that, he likes to partner up with the likes of Peter LaBarbera, James Hartline, Scott Lively, and Brian Camenker for speeches,...04/10/2011
NOM took its toll on Marinelli; Marinelli takes his opened eyes and mouth to Towle
Building on our initial interview, Towleroad's Steve Pep did a followup with National Organization For Marriage defector Louis Marinelli. One funny snip: LOUIS MARINELLI: "[Maggie] just seemed a little bit like she in her own world. She would sit there...NOM FAIL: They don't even know their own URL edition
Since former online guru Louis Marinelli saw the National Organization For Marriage's work firsthand, disliked what he saw, and therefore chose to regain control of the Facebook page that he had given to them, Brian Brown and company were forced...04/09/2011
Watch: Brian Brown makes marriage all about religion, loses debate on first question
MODERATOR: Should states legalize same-sex marriage BRIAN BROWN: "Well I would quibble with the way you asked the question. The idea of legalizing same-sex marriage takes for granted the notion that there is something called same-sex marriage and that right...04/08/2011
Of course NOM's misrepping Louis' role. It's the one constant of the Brown/Marinelli marriage
It's no surprise that NOM is misrepresenting it's once-cozy relationship with Louis Marinelli. As our pal and fellow activist Alvin McEwen reminds us: This is what they've been doing since the very beginning. Indisputable case in point: - On July...Video: Vander Plaats could've cleared the air, chose to blow more smoke instead
Remember when we conclusively linked the same folks who are now working under the Iowa Family Leader/Iowa Family Policy Council/LUV Iowa banner to a truly startling program that likens gays to cigarette smoking? Yeah, well: That's because Bob Vander Plaats,...NOM, in damage mode, misreps/reduces Louis Marinelli's role
This statement is an outright misrepresentation: "Louis worked in a volunteer capacity as a bus driver during our summer marriage tour. Around this time, he started pushing Facebook supporters towards NOM and we paid him as a part-time consultant for...Audio: Marinelli, Signorile discuss more than phonetic similarities
Part 1: Mike's monologue about why this matters Part 2: Louis' first radio interview *SOURCE: The Michelangelo Signorile Show, Sirius 109/ XM 98 *one minor correction: The NOMUpdates Twitter page which initially brought Louis onto our radar was actually not...Putting some definitive writing on NOM's deteriorating Facebook wall
On the Natioanl Organization For Marriage's old, rapidly-waning, Marinelli-crafted Facebook wall, supporters are putting up a brave face on the news that their administrator has defected. They are trying to minimize the impact of a key NOM strategist letting firsthand...NOM Damage control: Phase 1
Ditch the 291k followers you acquired from Louis and launch a new Facebook page: SOURCE: NOM's just created Facebook Feel free to leave some firm but fair welcome messages! **UPDATE: True to form, they have closed the wall. Because discourse...G-A-Y Exclusive: National Organization For Marriage tour organizer/Facebook moderator does startling about-face; Exposure to NOM could lead to unintended side effects
Louis Marinelli first came on our radar late last spring, when he started independently Tweeting under the name "NOMUpdates": Incendiary tweets where Louis (both on "NOMUpdates" and his followup accounts) used the highly-repudiated Paul Cameron's research to say that "gays...
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