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Dan Savage Makes Unusual Offer To NOM President For Bible Debate

Posted 05.22.2012

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It looks like Dan Savage is taking the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) President Brian Brown up on his offer for a Bible debate -- and the ou...

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FPPC Sworn Complaint Filed Against NOM

Fred Karger | Posted 05.17.2012

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Fred Karger

I have found that the National Organization for Marriage did not report an additional $345,400 to Proposition 8 -- including $10,000 from Mitt Romney.

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Behind The Striking Relationship Between NOM & Right-Wing Group

Posted 05.17.2012

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By Sofia Resnick WASHINGTON -- "NOM is not a partisan organization or a stalking horse for either party," wrote National Organization for Marri...

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Amendment One N.C.: Anti-Gay Marriage Donors

The Huffington Post | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 05.09.2012

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North Carolina voters went to the polls Tuesday and voted to pass a referendum -- Amendment One -- that banned same-sex marriage and civil unions for ...

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North Carolina's Anti-Gay Marriage Snowball -- Where Will It Stop?

Jonathan Weiler | Posted 05.03.2012

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Jonathan Weiler

Were supporters of North Carolina Amendment One to honestly acknowledge what the amendment will definitely do, as well as what it might do, they'd be fighting for a losing proposition.

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Racial Justice And LGBT Equality: Moving Beyond The Politics Of 'Divide and Conquer'

Ian Thompson | Posted 04.30.2012

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Ian Thompson

New data released last week by the U.S. Census Bureau clearly show that the race-based "divide and conquer" strategies being pursued by organizations like NOM not only are ugly and divisive but fly in the face of reality.

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WATCH: NOM's Comments On Same-Sex Couples And Their Children Go Beyond The Pale

Alvin McEwen | Posted 04.30.2012

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Alvin McEwen

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Ministers Betray the Black Community by Defending Race-Baiting Group

Alvin McEwen | Posted 04.24.2012

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Alvin McEwen

The National Organization for Marriage has been steadily attempting to blunt the charges that it is trying to drive a wedge between the black and gay communities on the subject of marriage equality.

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NOM's Race Baiting Backfires: Minority Groups Stand Together Against Bigotry

Waymon Hudson | Posted 04.16.2012

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Waymon Hudson

By having their wedge-based plan exposed for all to see, and in such stark terms, NOM has stirred a sense of commonality among the very minority groups they sought to divide. Being demonized for crass political expediency, it turns out, is something that many groups can relate to.

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Lila Shapiro

Mitt Romney Endorsed By Anti-Gay Group, Backed By Its Leaders

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 04.11.2012

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On Wednesday morning, the National Organization for Marriage endorsed Mitt Romney, suggesting a possible renewal of ties between the presumptive Repu...

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Amanda Terkel

Romney-Backing Anti-Gay Marriage Group HACKED On Website, Social Media

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 04.11.2012

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WASHINGTON -- On the same morning that the National Organization for Marriage announced that it was endorsing Mitt Romney, the group dedicated to stop...

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Oops, MSNBC Reports (My) Fictional, Satirical HuffPost Piece As Real News

Scott Wooledge | Posted 04.05.2012

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Scott Wooledge

Apparently this and the fact that it was published on HuffPost Comedy escaped the eagle-eyed journalists at MSNBC, who reported the story as news Wednesday. For what it's worth, I was never contacted to verify my "reporting."

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Why Has NOM's Chairperson Been Silent During The 'Race-Baiting' Controversy?

Alvin McEwen | Posted 04.03.2012

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Alvin McEwen

We've all missed one face during the recent scandal involving the revelation of confidential documents leaking the National Organization for Marriage's eyebrow-raising tactics to stop marriage equality: where in the heck is NOM's chair, John C. Eastman?

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Microsoft, Apple Unite To Demand That The National Organization For Marriage Boycott Them

Scott Wooledge | Posted 06.02.2012

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Scott Wooledge

Reports are also surfacing that Google, Nike, American Apparel, Concur, Group Health, RealNetworks, Vulcan Inc., and Alcoa are considering joining the growing coalition of companies who are asking that they, too, be included in NOM's holy boycott campaign.

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Why Anti-LGBT Tactics To Divide Latinos And The LGBT Community Won't Work

Eric Rodriguez | Posted 06.02.2012

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Eric Rodriguez

In a series of documents obtained last week in a court proceeding, NOM outlined a bewildering campaign to make opposition to gay marriage "cool" and "hip" among young Latinos and convince other Latinos that supporting gay marriage was tantamount to "forced assimilation."

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Michelangelo Signorile

Freedom To Marry President Discusses Marriage Equality Fight, NOM Memos

HuffingtonPost.com | Michelangelo Signorile | Posted 03.31.2012

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Freedom to Marry president Evan Wolfson responded to charges that the group has abandoned efforts to fight constitutional amendments on the ballot thi...

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Lila Shapiro

Black, Anti-Gay Marriage Reverend Angered By NOM Memo: "It Will Backfire"

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 03.31.2012

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Until this week, the Rev. Ralph A. Martino, senior pastor at First Church of Christ (Holiness) USA in Washington, D.C., had never heard of the Nationa...

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How Much Racial Division And Hostility Did Mitt Romney Buy With His $10,000 Donation To NOM?

Scott Wooledge | Posted 05.30.2012

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Scott Wooledge

When Mitt Romney cut his $10,000 check for the National Organization for Marriage, did he know his money would be used to "drive a wedge between gays and blacks -- two key Democratic constituencies"? Did he know it would go toward fanning hostility between fellow Americans?

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How NOM Became A Vehicle To Hide Anti-LGBT Donors... And Why That May Be Their Undoing

Darrin Hurwitz | Posted 05.30.2012

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Darrin Hurwitz

Confidential internal documents unsealed Monday by a Maine court provide new information about how, in the aftermath of California's Proposition 8, NOM strategically leveraged large secret donations to fund the anti-marriage movement across the country.

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Listen Up, NOM: Racism And Homophobia Are Not Welcome In Our Communities

Iván Espinoza-Madrigal | Posted 05.30.2012

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Iván Espinoza-Madrigal

The assumption underlying NOM's divide-and-conquer strategy is that people of color are already homophobic, or can be easily pushed there. This fundamental misunderstanding of people of color and the failure to appreciate the diversity within the LGBT community are deeply troubling.

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NOM's Malodorous Methods Fan The Flames Of Hate

Wayne Besen | Posted 05.29.2012

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Wayne Besen

Instead of working to bring Americans together, the goal of NOM is to sow the seeds of mistrust and tear different groups apart. Instead of harmony, they promote acrimony. Forget the great American melting pot; NOM simply stirs the pot of bitterness and division.

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The NOM Scandal: No One To Blame But Ourselves!

David Kaufman | Posted 05.29.2012

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David Kaufman

The group that has yet to be held accountable for the NOM debacle is the LGBT leadership itself. Having spent much of the past five years playing their own dangerous race game, LGBT talking heads have helped stoke the very animosity that fueled NOM's craven, color-based policies.

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Some Questions For NOM's Brian Brown

Joe Solmonese | Posted 05.29.2012

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Joe Solmonese

With this week's court-ordered release of previously classified NOM strategy documents, there are way more questions than answers. I know that you're one to keep your cards pretty close to the vest, but I'd like to pose a few queries nonetheless.

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Anti-Gay Group Looks To Recruit 'Glamorous, Noncognitive' Celebrities To Thwart Marriage Equality

Posted 03.29.2012

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The fallout from ...

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Michelangelo Signorile

Fred Karger On NOM's 'Racially-Driven' Strategies And Document Leak

HuffingtonPost.com | Michelangelo Signorile | Posted 03.28.2012

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The secret documents that show the divisive, racially-driven strategies of the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) have received enormous media a...

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