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NOM asks for money to cover ‘looming shortfall’

By | 12.14.11 | 12:20 pm

One day after The American Independent released an analysis of the National Organization for Marriage’s recently reported finances from 2010, which reveal that last year the organization spent more than $1 million than it earned, NOM President Brian Brown emailed supporters asking for help covering what he terms a More…

National Organization for Marriage’s 2010 financial records raise questions

By | 12.12.11 | 6:00 am

In 2010, the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), a tax-exempt nonprofit trying to thwart the legalization of same-sex marriage throughout the U.S., reported the highest individual donations it has received since its inception in 2007, according to NOM’s most recent income disclosures to the Internal Revenue Service, recently obtained More…

Firebrand Maggie Gallagher steps down at the National Organization for Marriage

By | 09.22.11 | 5:33 pm | More from The Colorado Independent

Image by: Matt MahurinShe has been a fierce presence in the trenches of national culture wars over the past few years but now Maggie Gallagher, National Organization for Marriage co-founder and chairman of the board, is stepping down. NOM announced Gallagher will be replaced by John Eastman, legal defender of social conservative More…

A tax law primer as Maryland churches are lobbied to oppose marriage equality

By | 09.08.11 | 1:20 pm

Image by Matt MahurinAs The American Independent recently reported, Maryland groups against same-sex marriage legalization in the state are informing churches how to influence legislation without violating tax rules codified by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

Maryland Del. Burns pressures churches, blacks to oppose marriage-equality bill

By | 09.07.11 | 12:09 pm

Image by: Matt MahurinUnsatisfied with how Maryland’s religious community campaigned against same-sex-marriage legislation that died in the state House of Delegates in 2011, Del. Emmett C. Burns, Jr., is taking matters into his own hands.

U.S. Interior Department releases ‘It gets better’ video

By | 09.06.11 | 1:24 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

Inspired by the numerous videos that have already been created as a part of the anti-suicide and anti-bullying public awareness campaign “It Gets Better,” federal government employees from the National Parks Service, U.S. Geological Survey and other agencies have launched their own.

Rep. Duncan Hunter wants more discussion of gays in military

By | 09.06.11 | 9:04 am | More from The Iowa Independent

While it might seem logical, given the nation’s latest job numbers, that when Congress returns after an August recess its members will be focused on the economy, unemployment and the national deficit, at least one federal lawmaker from California is hoping to switch the conversation to gays and lesbians in More…

Illinois legislator marries her same-sex partner in Iowa

By | 08.31.11 | 1:42 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

Deborah Mell, a Chicago Democrat that serves in the Illinois House of Representatives, married her seven-year partner, Christin Baker, during a civil ceremony in Davenport last week.

As a legislator, Mell had fought for full civil marriage rights for gays and lesbians in her home state, but the body ultimately More…

Upcoming DeMint presidential forum co-chaired by NOM founder

By | 08.30.11 | 2:24 pm

The GOP presidential forum Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) will host in Columbia, S.C., on Labor Day will be co-hosted by the original founding chair of the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), which since the successful Proposition 8 campaign of 2008 in California, has raised and spent millions of dollars More…

At vigil for Marcellus Andrews, attendees advocate tolerance

By | 08.26.11 | 1:38 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

Roughly 300 people gathered around the Tree of the Five Seasons in downtown Cedar Rapids Thursday night to remember a young man who died too soon and to pledge tolerance for all. (Photo: Lynda Waddington/The Iowa Independent)

CEDAR RAPIDS — Whether or not the death of a young Waterloo man More…