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05/01/2011
Marinelli: 'Although we had photos of white people signing our petition, NOM didn’t choose any of them because the black woman was of greater political value.'
Many of us who cover such "culture war" things have noted the obvious way the National Organization For Marriage actively seeks out non-white support for their discriminatory initiatives, then works with all of their might to blow up and exploit these images of support in order to make it seem like a certain community is monolithically opposed to gays and their quest for civil freedoms. But few of us have actual firsthand, behind-the-scenes evidence of them implementing said strategy.
But some marriage equality supporters, like NOM defector Louis Marinelli, do have unique, personal insight into this nasty, divisive game-playing. Today he's sharing:
NOM is in the business of promoting non-white Americans that oppose marriage equality. It’s good for their image if they can present an illusion of broad interracial opposition to same-sex marriage. Of course this isn’t something at they do openly but it is certainly a strategy well-known to those within their circle. I was one of them and I have e-mail correspondence from the summer bus tour that demonstrates their fixation on exploiting blacks who showed up at the rallies as part of NOM’s public relations strategy. Look for them to do this with the Hispanics in the Bronx on the 15th.
*Louis' full post, with snippets from NOM emails bearing out their exploitations: NOM involvement in Bronx rally is racially-motivated [Louis J Marinelli]
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