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N.H. House committee votes to overturn marriage equality

By | 10.26.11 | 11:24 am

The New Hampshire House Judiciary Committee voted Tuesday in favor of repealing the Granite State’s 15-month marriage-equality law, according to the Associated Press.

NOM trying to appeal to anger over Wall Street to raise money for its N.Y. PAC

By | 10.24.11 | 1:34 pm

In its ongoing fundraising campaign targeting four Republican New York state senators who jumped party lines to vote in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage this past summer, the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) is shopping the narrative that the senators were bought by New York City Mayor Michael More…

Oregon group considers using ballot to legalize same-sex marriage

By | 10.17.11 | 12:06 pm

As more states consider amending their constitutions next year to prohibit gay men and lesbians from marrying, one state, Oregon, is considering the opposite tactic — overturning a constitutional gay-marriage ban.

NOM targets Ros-Lehtinen over support for same-sex marriage

By | 09.28.11 | 1:47 pm | More from The Florida Independent

In its latest appeal for donations, the National Organization for Marriage is calling on supporters to fund a new campaign that targets U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Miami, for her recent decision to co-sponsor the Respect for Marriage Act, which would repeal the Defense of

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NOM goes after GOP’s Ros-Lehtinen for supporting repeal of DOMA

By | 09.28.11 | 12:57 pm

In its latest appeal for donations, the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) is calling on supporters to fund a new campaign that targets U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) for her recent decision to co-sponsor the Respect for Marriage Act, which would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). 

Former NOM chair Maggie Gallagher heading up new ‘Marriage Anti-Defamation Alliance’

By | 09.23.11 | 12:37 pm

The new leadership change at the National Organization for Marriage announced Thursday has provoked curiosity and speculation as to why Maggie Gallagher was swapped out for constitutional lawyer John Eastman to serve as NOM’s board chairman. 

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.

NOM awards Bachmann ‘A’ for abortion views in S.C. presidential forum

By | 09.06.11 | 12:49 pm

Monday’s much-anticipated Palmetto Freedom Forum, held in Columbia, S.C., was an opportunity for the country’s leading anti-gay-marriage group, National Organization for Marriage (NOM), to continue forcing candidates to articulate their positions on same-sex marriage at the federal level; however, the issue that really stole the show was abortion, More…

Santorum, NOM claim they are victims of a gay ‘jihad’

By | 09.02.11 | 3:01 pm

GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum said last weekend he is the victim of a holy war by supporters of LGBT rights. Calling it a “jihad,” Santorum said he has been unfairly criticized over his statements comparing gays and lesbians to pedophiles and people who commit incest. The National Organization for More…

Romney reverses course, will attend DeMint forum

By | 08.31.11 | 11:48 am

The Hill reports that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has decided to attend the Labor Day presidential forum in Columbia, S.C., hosted by Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) and The American Principles Project.