Maggie Gallagher

Lila Shapiro

Leading Opponent Of Same-Sex Marriage 'Relieved' Obama Stopped 'Lying'

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 05.10.2012

On Wednesday, President Obama told ABC's Robin Roberts that he believed same-sex couples "should be able to get married." His statement came just days...

Michelangelo Signorile

Secret Anti-Gay Facebook Group Included NOM Co-Founder, Fox News Pundit And More

HuffingtonPost.com | Michelangelo Signorile | Posted 04.24.2012

A blogger and activist who reported that on a "secret religious right Facebook group" which he says was planning to promote and disseminate antigay in...

Ministers Betray the Black Community by Defending Race-Baiting Group

Alvin McEwen | Posted 04.24.2012

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.

NOM's Malodorous Methods Fan The Flames Of Hate

Wayne Besen | Posted 03.29.2012

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.

GLAAD's Commentator Accountability Project Demands Honesty from the Religious Right

Alvin McEwen | Posted 05.21.2012

Alvin McEwen

GLAAD's Commentator Accountability Project is not about silencing anyone but having an honest debate. And you can't have an honest debate when one party is being deceptive in terms of their goals and their true feelings about the community they oppose.

Et Tu, Touré? A Critic of White Privilege Is Oblivious to Marital Privilege

Bella DePaulo | Posted 05.07.2012

Bella DePaulo

So those are my two choices? Either I'm providing for my family or I'm out to boost my ego, my status, and my self-image? Touré, there are around 100 million adults who are not married, and that's just counting the ones in the U.S.

Maggie Gallagher's Disastrous Interview On 'Up with Chris Hayes'

Alvin McEwen | Posted 04.17.2012

Alvin McEwen

Maggie Gallagher, co-founder of the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), an anti-marriage-equality group, was interviewed on the Feb. 11 edition MSNBC's Up with Chris Hayes, and it didn't go well for her.

Maggie Gallagher and Her Son

Jamie McGonnigal | Posted 04.14.2012

Jamie McGonnigal

How does a woman who clearly had to face so much hardship and so many challenges in raising a son on her own justify her work in ripping other families apart? Maybe one day, she will see and understand the utter disconnect.

Prop 8's Supporters Were Too Scared to Testify, But They Still Whine After the Fact

Alvin McEwen | Posted 04.09.2012

Alvin McEwen

Prop 8 was built upon deliberate lies that Maggie Gallagher, Tony Perkins, Peter Sprigg, and the rest of those pushing it were too fearful to defend in court. None of these people had the guts to take an oath and attest to the veracity of the claims they made.

What's Love Got to Do with It? Marriage, Tradition and Gays

James Peron | Posted 12.31.2011

James Peron

Anyone who uses the term "traditional marriage" exhibits, by the use of the term, gross ignorance of the past. There is no traditional marriage, and what we know as marriage is very different from what marriage was in the past.

How Many Have to Die Before NOM Is Stopped?

Scott Rose | Posted 12.11.2011

Scott Rose

The so-called National Organization for Marriage might as well be punching, kicking and spitting in the faces of every student in the country bullied on the basis of the fact that they are, or are perceived to be, gay.

Anti-Gay Marriage Group Makes Big Appointment

Posted 11.22.2011

By DAVID CRARY, ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) NEW YORK -- A law school professor from Southern California was named Thursday as the new chairman of the Nat...

National Organization for Marriage Astroturfed 'Legal Scholars' in New York

Alvin McEwen | Posted 08.29.2011

Alvin McEwen

Days before the NY Senate voted for marriage equality, NOM head Maggie Gallagher brought up the negative impacts of marriage equality by citing the work of "leading legal scholars." The scholars she spoke of are not objective.

National Organization for Marriage Recycling Old Lies Against Gay Marriage in New York

Alvin McEwen | Posted 07.12.2011

Alvin McEwen

NOM is fighting against the possibility of same-sex marriage in the state of New York by running a commercial that claims of "dire consequences" if same-sex marriage is approved in New York.

National Organization for Marriage Continuing to Spread False Claim About Gay Marriage and Children

Alvin McEwen | Posted 03.03.2011

Alvin McEwen

2011-03-03-NOMNOMNOM.jpgIn its zeal to stop gay marriage in Maryland, NOM is going full throttle, even at the expense of truth.

Maggie Gallagher and Brian Brown: the Anita Bryant and John Briggs of 2011

Fred Karger | Posted 05.25.2011

Fred Karger

I am a Republican with a long and proud Republican History. I worked as a GOP political consultant and advisor for over 30 years. I was a senior c...

PolitiFact: National Organization for Marriage Makes Misleading Claim About Gay Marriage

Alvin McEwen | Posted 05.25.2011

Alvin McEwen

The Pulitzer Prize winning site PolitiFact recently called out the National Organization for Marriage for pushing a misleading statement. And it's...

Why Chick-Fil-A Isn't A-Okay with Gays (VIDEO)

Bryan Safi | Posted 05.25.2011

Bryan Safi

2011-02-04-thatsgay.jpgThe deeper I looked into reports that the fast food chain had donated chicken sandwiches to an anti-gay organization, the more fowl the whole thing seemed.

NOM-Led Iowa Campaign Threatens Judicial Independence Everywhere

Joe Solmonese | Posted 05.25.2011

Joe Solmonese

Anti-gay groups like NOM are getting a notch in their belt by attacking judges who are too principled to fight back.

Maggie Gallagher: Face It, Discrimination Has Consequences

Evan Wolfson | Posted 05.25.2011

Evan Wolfson

Maggie Gallagher of the National Organization for Marriage recently wrote a column for the New York Post in which she tried...

National Organization for Marriage, What Are You Hiding?

Evan Wolfson | Posted 05.25.2011

Evan Wolfson

National Organization for Marriage's relentless efforts to shroud itself and its funders in a veil of secrecy is telling: If they had a good case against the freedom to marry, why would they be so eager to hide what they're doing?

Maggie Gallagher, Stop the Bullying!

Fred Karger | Posted 05.25.2011

Fred Karger

The National Organization for Marriage's purpose is to make LGBTQ people feel inferior and inflame homophobia under the guise of stopping gay marriage. We must not let them succeed; too many lives are at stake.

NOM, Anti-Gay Marriage Group, Sues To Keep Donors Secret

Posted 05.25.2011

PROVIDENCE, R.I., Associated Press A group that opposes same-sex marriage sued the Rhode Island Board of Elections, saying it wants to run ads in the...

Maggie Gallagher: Top 10 Baffling Quotes From Anti-Gay Rights Group President

BuzzFeed.com | Matt Stopera | Posted 05.25.2011

The top ten most ridiculous quotes from National Organization for Marriage President Maggie Ghallagher. ...

Regarding Miss California, At Least Anita Bryant Could Sing

Michael Rowe | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael Rowe

Carrie Prejean has become a sort of anti-Susan Boyle. It isn't just that she's a bigot, per se. There is no shortage of bigots. They just usually don't wear tiaras.