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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…

Rick Perry signs NOM’s marriage pledge

By | 08.26.11 | 2:18 pm

Rick Perry (Photo: Flickr Creative Commons/eschipul)Presidential candidate Rick Perry has signed the National Organization for Marriage’s marriage pledge, the group announced on Friday. The Texas governor has a record of anti-LGBT sentiment including support for sodomy laws and close associations with anti-gay hate groups.

National Organization for Marriage spent $709,000 on Minnesota ads in 2010

By | 08.18.11 | 9:40 am | More from The Minnesota Independent

Findings by the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board show that the National Organization for Marriage spent $709,000 on radio and television ads during the gubernatorial campaign in 2010. Those ads targeted DFLer Mark Dayton and Independence Party candidate Tom Horner for their support for marriage equality and More…

With NOM money, Maine PAC that fought marriage equality in ’09 prepares for possible ’12 referendum

By | 08.15.11 | 11:32 am

Though a 2012 referendum to reverse Maine’s 2009 same-sex-marriage repeal is not yet official, the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) has already contributed approximately $32,000 to the Stand for Marriage Maine Political Action Committee (PAC), according to a campaign disclosure report filed last month.

NOM loses bids to shield campaign activity from voters in Maine, Rhode Island

By | 08.12.11 | 4:51 pm

The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) lost in its bid for a preliminary injunctions to prevent disclosure of its donors in two New England states on Thursday when an appeals court rejected their requests. NOM argued that Rhode Island’s campaign finance laws that require disclosure of donors in independent expenditure More…

Minnesota Family Council ramps up campaign for marriage amendment

By | 08.10.11 | 3:40 pm | More from The Minnesota Independent

The Minnesota Family Council has ramped up its efforts this week to pass a constitutional amendment that would define marriage as only between one man and one woman. The group is seeking volunteers to reach out to pastors and has launched a nine-month training program called the Minnesota Worldview Leadership More…

Romney, Bachmann, Santorum sign NOM’s marriage pledge

By | 08.04.11 | 12:01 pm

The National Organization for Marriage announced on Thursday that GOP presidential candidates Michele Bachmann, Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney have signed the group’s pledge to oppose marriage for same-sex couples at the federal level. The pledge includes support for a federal amendment to the U.S. Constitution defining marriage as between More…

NOM defends possibility for gay-marriage repeal in N.Y. citing delayed repeal in New Hampshire

By | 07.27.11 | 4:19 pm

In recent media appearances, National Organization for Marriage (NOM) board chair Maggie Gallagher has countered the suggestion that NOM might not be able to reverse the recent legalization of gay marriage in New York with two words: New Hampshire.

National Organization for Marriage continues fighting ‘war on marriage’ with hefty cash arsenal

By | 07.25.11 | 11:26 am

Sunday’s inaugural same-sex marriages in New York were met by thousands of protesters blasting the New York Legislature’s passage of the Marriage Equality Act last month. Alongside the profanity-laden chants coming from the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) camp, the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) — which condemned the WBC, for More…

How NOM frames its donation solicitation while justifying a promise of secrecy

By | 07.20.11 | 12:34 pm

For the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), the battle to restrict marriage to straight couples has often been waged at the same pace as the battle to remain an opaque organization whose funders shall remain anonymous.

NOM’s most recent defeat on this front was in Minnesota, a state where the organization More…