In a few days, NOM will be launching our Summer for Marriage Tour 2010, taking the message for marriage directly to the American people and building support for marriage all across the eastern half of the United States.
Over 33 days, we’ll travel more than 6000 miles, holding rallies in 23 cities from Maine to Minnesota to Atlanta and Tampa before heading back to Washington, DC for the tour finale on August 15th.
Many of the states we’ll be visiting are key battlegrounds in this critical debate, as we work to organize grassroots support for marriage as the union of a husband and wife at both the state federal levels, building support for state marriage amendments and opposing the repeal of DOMA.
Please visit www.marriagetour2010.com for the latest tour information, including the bus schedule, a chance to register for email alerts from the tour, and video footage of each tour stop.
We need your help to make this summer’s tour a success! Please click here to make your online contribution today. $60 would cover a penny per mile! $115 would be $5 toward the costs of each rally. Whatever you can give will go far as we work together to organize support for marriage all across the nation!
Then tell your friends and come out to see us when we come to your hometown this summer!
David Weigel has resigned after numerous emails surfaced disparaging conservatives. Weigel was hired as a conservative to cover the "conservative beat" for WaPo. A few weeks ago, he blogged that he has sympathy for everyone he covers except for those who oppose gay marriage, whom he called "bigots." Now it appears his sympathies for conservatives are more generally limited. Weigel Resigns: http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0610/Weigel_resigns.html
Yesterday, we asked you to help fund the Prop 8 legal defense with a donation to the NOM Legal Defense Fund. Many of you stepped up and we have now raised $15,000 toward our $50,000 goal.
It’s urgent that we finish the trial stage of this litigation fully funded, so that we can begin planning the thorough and comprehensive appeal strategy that will be needed – regardless of how Judge Walker rules in the trial court. We can’t afford to let financial considerations dictate the outcome of this case.
We don’t have the backing of wealthy Hollywood liberals or gay billionaires – we all need to step up and make sure the Prop 8 defense team has the resources to protect marriage -- all the way to the Supreme Court, if necessary. If everyone receiving this email were to give just $10, we would reach our goal many times over. Will you join us today?
Victory in California! With your help, NOM played a central role in defeating pro-gay marriage GOP Senate candidate Tom Campbell yesterday.
Back in March, NOM was the first on the air with TV ads highlighting Tom Campbell's liberal record on gay marriage and taxes. In May, we came back with a wildly successful automated phone campaign to 600,000 GOP primary voters, letting them know where Tom Campbell stands on gay marriage. Read More »
Three polls in the past week show pro-gay marriage RINO Republican Tom Campbell's support has plummeted. His money has dried up and his campaign is in freefall.
What a difference a week makes!
Just a few weeks ago, pro-gay marriage Tom Campbell was leading Carly Fiorina and Chuck DeVore—some polls said by as much as ten points or more. Now, he’s suddenly twenty points behind Carly Fiorina in the race that will determine which Republican has a chance to unseat California’s Democrat Sen. Barbara Boxer.
Tom Campbell’s collapse in public opinion is no accident. Read More »
Date & Location: August 15th at the beautiful Aldrich Mansion in Warwick, Rhode Island.
The theme of this year's event is "The Blessing of Family," and Mr. Glenn Stanton, Director of Family Formation Studies at Focus on the Family, is the keynote speaker. Music will be provided by local band "Servant Song."
Building on last year's phenomenally successful celebration where 800 - 1000 people stood up for marriage and family in Rhode Island, this year's party will feature fun activities for kids of all ages, great food, a wonderful setting, fun competitions between families, and special time of blessing for families. So set aside the day and plan on joining us at the Aldrich Mansion on Warwick Neck on Sunday August 15th. Gates will open at 2:30.
The special election for Congress that concluded last Saturday in Honolulu was a huge win for marriage. For the first-time in a generation, Hawaiians elected a Republican to Congress, pro-marriage Charles Djou!
Both of the Democrats Djou defeated (Colleen Hanabusa and Ed Case) are openly pro-gay marriage.
The National Organization for Marriage reached out to 100,000 likely voters in the last week of the campaign to inform voters that Charles Djou would protect the people's right to vote for marriage.
Like Scott Brown in Massachussetts, Djou refused to concede that a Congressman's seat belongs to any politician or any party: "Contrary to the opinion of the old guard, this congressional seat is not owned by the Democrat Party. It isn't owned by any union or special interest group. This seat is owned by the people. At its core, this belief separates me from my opponents," Djou said on May 17.
Djou's margin of victory was unexpectedly strong, emerging with 40 percent of the vote in a three-way race with two Democrats in a deep blue state.
The Republican Party has launched a new website, "America Speaking Out" to help set the agenda for the elections this fall. Make sure the RINOs don't run away from marriage! It will take a 2 minutes to register and vote for marriage today.
Do it now. Do it for your country. Don't let Log Cabin types outvote us and our values.
You'll be asked to create a login, then place your vote. And while you're there, use the Facebook/Twitter icons to post to your Facebook/Twitter feeds, and feel free to leave a comment, too!
"Protect marriage as the union of a man and a woman. Children do best with a married mother and father, and our laws and our judges should respect and defend this most fundamental institution of society."
The earlier you go to vote, the more powerful your vote will be. Whatever issues win early votes will appear in the top ten issues, generating more votes from latecomers.
