rssThe National Organization for Marriage Loses One in Iowa
Thursday, September 03, 2009 at 11:42 am
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Our colleagues at The Iowa Independent have been all over the race for a state legislative seat that the National Organization for Marriage, the headline-grabbing anti-gay marriage group, had tried to turn into a referendum on the state’s legalization of same-sex unions. It was a squeaker, but Democrat Curt Hanson beat Republican Stephen Burgmeier by 107 votes.
The National Organization for Marriage bought more than $80,000 in ads to support Burgmeier, an outspoken opponent of same-sex marriage rights. Two other groups — Iowans for Tax Relief and the Iowa Family Policy Center — seemed to play a central role in the Republican’s campaign, which spent more time criticizing Gov. Chet Culver and Democratic bigwigs than talking about Hanson.
Only 8,046 people voted in the election, which means NOM spent roughly $10 per voter on this ad:
NOM is claiming victory anyway for “making gay marriage an issue.”
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Comment posted September 3, 2009 @ 4:43 pm
NOM could be read as “numb” on their abilities to muscle in on Iowa. Way to go Hansonites.
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Comment posted September 4, 2009 @ 2:39 pm
When a candidate and a party have nothing else productive or interesting to run on, the old scary fall-backs of God, guns & gays are still always available, I guess. It's heartening to see that it didn't work, this time.
But stay tuned for the Republicans' updated version of death panels, socialist take-overs and… well, gays.
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