NOMblog: The Official Blog of the National Organization for Marriage

HRC President Joe Solmonese Resigning

August 30, 2011 – 8:30 am

FOXNews: Joe Solmonese, head of the Human Rights Campaign, the influential gay rights group at the forefront of debate over same-sex marriage and the repeal of don’t ask don’t tell, announced his resignation over the weekend. Solmonese will depart at the end of his contract in March 2012. After seven years, he said he wants […]

Posted in Politics, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (3)

NY-9: Weprin Supporters More Likely to Change Vote After SSM Betrayal

August 30, 2011 – 8:00 am

Orthodox Jews have supported NY Assemblyman David Weprin in the past but now his vote for same-sex marriage is putting that support in grave jeopardy, as the Village Voice reports: “…Though Weprin gave generously to Jewish nonprofit groups when he was the City Council’s finance chair, many religious Jews are still fuming about his vote […]

Posted in Marriage Election Watch, New York, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (1)

Recent News Coverage of NOM's Marriage Pledge

August 29, 2011 – 6:08 pm

Jim Forsyth at Reuters offered good coverage of Rick Perry signing the NOM Marriage Pledge: Texas Governor and Republican presidential contender Rick Perry has signed a pledge vowing to support a Constitutional amendment declaring marriage to be a union of one man and one woman, the group sponsoring the pledge said on Friday. “Kudos to […]

Posted in Election Watch 2012, Marriage Election Watch, Media, Same Sex Marriage | Comments Off

Video: Pro-SSM Flash Mob Protests At Michele Bachmann's Husband's Clinic

August 29, 2011 – 4:16 pm

This is their idea of a good joke, complete with a fake glitter “baptism” and mock “conversion” therapy to the gay rights side: Andy Birkey at the Minnesota Independent writes: A flash mob at Bachmann & Associates, a Christian counseling clinic run by Michele Bachmann and her husband Marcus […] poked fun at allegations that […]

Posted in Civility, Culture, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (21)

Wherein the WaPo Pretends Gay Marriage Splits the Republican Party

August 29, 2011 – 3:50 pm

NOM’s Marriage Pledge continues to make waves, with the mainstream media –in this case, the Washington Post– bending over backwards to find some way the issue hurts Republicans: Republicans broadly are very much against gay marriage. But according to a survey by the Public Religion Research Institute last September, by a 55-to-41 percent margin, they think […]

Posted in Election Watch 2012, Marriage Election Watch, Politics, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (5)

Santorum in Iowa: SSM Means Government Redefining What is Good

August 29, 2011 – 1:00 pm

CitizenLink reports that presidential candidate Rick Santorum continues to speak out strongly for marriage and religious freedom on the campaign trail: In the question-and-answer session, published today by The Iowa Independent, Santorum explains why he believes same-sex marriage — which is legal in Iowa — threatens religious freedom. … “When you cheapen [marriage] by saying […]

Posted in Election Watch 2012, Marriage Election Watch, Religious Liberty, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (2)

Mike Adams Calls Out Bank of America

August 29, 2011 – 12:32 pm

Town Hall columnist Mike Adams pens an open letter to Bank of America’s CEO: I want to bring to your attention a recent decision made by your HR team that I think does not reflect your leadership of Bank of America. Dr. Frank Turek was fired as a vendor for his political and religious views, […]

Posted in Free Speech, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (19)

The "I Commit" Project -- Will You?

August 29, 2011 – 11:54 am

The Ruth Institute’s Emerging Leaders program has released this powerful new video: LifeSiteNews reports and explains: “It’s an opportunity to make the ultimate sacrifice. Lay your life down for someone else.” This is how one of many young people interviewed for a powerful new video about love and marriage produced by the Ruth Institute describes […]

Posted in Marriage, Youth | Comments (4)

CBN Video: Rick Perry Vows to Protect Marriage

August 29, 2011 – 11:33 am

CBN News reports on last Friday’s news that Gov. Perry has signed the NOM Marriage Pledge:

Posted in DOMA, Election Watch 2012, Marriage Election Watch, Same Sex Marriage | Comments Off

Frank Turek on Who Are the Real Gay Bigots and Bullies

August 29, 2011 – 9:00 am

Frank Turek is an award-winning author or coauthor of three books who also hosts a weekly TV show. He writes in TownHall: “…the standard arguments for homosexuality and same-sex marriage don’t work. That’s why some homosexual activists will continue to smear conservatives as “bigots” in order to bully them out of the debate and even […]

Posted in Civility, Culture, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (22)

NJ Family Policy Council: PPP & Press Wrong to Claim Majority in NJ Support SSM

August 29, 2011 – 8:00 am

From a recent update by the New Jersey Family Policy Council: As we reported last week, Public Policy Polling released an announcement at the end of July that a majority of New Jerseyans support legalizing same-sex “marriage.” But a reporter at Politicker NJ did a little homework on the statistics and discovered that PPP’s judgment […]

Posted in Media, New Jersey, Polling, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (3)

Video: Brian Brown Debates Marriage on FOX Business with John Stossel

August 27, 2011 – 10:45 am

Posted in Media, Same Sex Marriage | Comments Off

Divorce-Reform Advocates Say Fighting Divorce Could Save Government Billions

August 27, 2011 – 9:00 am

LifeSiteNews: The government could save literally billions simply by taking modest steps to fight rampant divorce, according to prominent divorce-reform advocates. Divorce “places real burdens on children, adults, and the state,” points out W. Bradford Wilcox, the University of Virginia National Marriage Project director. “On the latter point, libertarians and conservatives need to realize that […]

Posted in Divorce | Comments (23)

Cost of Family Failure in Britain Almost $2,000 Per Taxpayer

August 27, 2011 – 8:00 am

The UK-based Relationships Foundation reports: The cost of family failure continues to be a huge charge on the public purse. The Relationships Foundation’s annual index of the cost of family failure shows that the overall cost remains very high – at £41.74 billion (=$60 billion dollars). This means failed relationships cost each current UK taxpayer […]

Posted in Culture, Divorce, Marriage, United Kingdom | Comments (5)

Video: Weprin Tries to Explain Away Unpopular Gay Marriage Vote in Advance of NY-9 Election

August 26, 2011 – 3:28 pm

David Weprin is facing huge backlash in the Orthodox Jewish community for his vote to legalize same-sex marriage. He does his best to get out of his predicament when faced with tough questions about it:

Posted in New York, NOM on Facebook, Same Sex Marriage | Comments (5)