same-sex marriage

Looks like today’s poll showing a slump in support for Maine’s Question 1 has rattled the National Organization for Marriage, which sent out an APB to its mailing list asking for funds.
“Never before have voters had the chance to directly overturn the legislative enactment of same-sex marriage in any state in the country,” says NOM [...]

Buried in this poll on Maine political attitudes is a question on the Nov. 3 same-sex marriage referendum that does not auger well for gay marriage opponents. Question 1, which would roll back legal gay marriage in the state, is trailing 52-43. Catholic voters support the measure, but only by a seven-point margin. Last month, [...]

I spent a few minutes talking with Maggie Gallagher, the president of the National Organization for Marriage, after she gave a rip-roaring introduction for Carrie Prejean at the Values Voter Summit. First, however, she expressed some disappointment that TWI wasn’t a gay publication.
“I love the gay press,” said Gallagher. “I really am impressed with gay [...]

I’m at the 4th Annual Values Voter Summit, the Focus on the Family-sponsored conference which is incredibly heavy on Republican stars — Pence, Huckabee, Cantor, McConnell, Bachmann. But the star of the morning session was Carrie Prejean, the former Miss California who lost the Miss America crown after a pageant judge asked her whether she [...]

Several House Democrats will introduce legislation next week to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act, the 1996 law that bars the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages, The Advocate reported yesterday.
The bill, sponsored by Reps. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) Jared Polis (D-Col.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), already has the support of more than 50 [...]

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 [...]

The Iowa Independent’s Chase Martyn reports that the anti-gay marriage group is spending money in Iowa to support a Republican state house candidate.
According to a report filed with the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board yesterday, the anti-gay marriage group National Organization for Marriage has purchased $86,060 worth of television and radio ads to support [...]

The anti-gay marriage group piggybacks off the endless Miss California drama with an e-mail to supporters from Executive Director Brian Brown:
Here’s my message to Carrie: Congratulations. Free at last. Free at last. Free at last to craft your own mission and message. God has a plan for you Carrie and we look forward to [...]

The anti-gay marriage group, which pre-emptively declared victory over New Hampshire’s stalemated marriage legislation, sends out a statement responding to this week’s passage. Executive Director Brian Brown:
I helped found NOM because I believe that values voters need new avenues for political influence. No more paper tigers. No more Potemkin villages.  Stay tuned: This fight is [...]

I was surprised to see Sam Stein of The Huffington Post report Dick Cheney’s remarks on gay marriage as the former vice president taking a “more progressive tilt” than President Obama. Here’s what Cheney said:
I think people ought to be free to enter into any kind of union they wish. Any kind of arrangement they [...]