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Retribution Time: DC Leaders Seek to Punish Needy Children and Catholic Church for Opposition to SSM

DC Councilman Tommy Wells — who not that long ago actually supported school vouchers — has just written an open letter to Senate subcommittee Chairman Dick Durbin strongly opposing the reauthorization of the DC school voucher program this year. Why? Because some of the kids in the program use the vouchers to attend Catholic schools, […]

URGENT MARRIAGE ALERT: NY Senate Vote Likely Today!!!

Dear Friends of Marriage, The New York Senate is expected to vote on the same-sex marriage bill in today’s special session. 1. CALL!  Please take a moment right now to call your state senator, urging him to vote NO on the same-sex marriage bill.  (Click here to find the phone number.) Then call three friends […]

NOM Launches New Jersey Plan to Preserve Marriage!

Dear Friends of Marriage, The battle for marriage is heating up in New Jersey! During four years with Jon Corzine as Governor, the New Jersey Legislature didn’t touch same-sex marriage — it was just too controversial. But now, with Governor Christie set to take office in just a few weeks, and the next election nearly […]

URGENT MARRIAGE ALERT: NJ SSM Vote Possible This Week!

Dear Friends of Marriage, Same-sex marriage advocates are pulling out all the stops in a last-ditch effort to pass a gay marriage bill in New Jersey before Governor Christie takes office in January. As of today they don’t have the votes, and they know it.

NOM Marriage News: November 20, 2009

Dear Friends of Marriage, The great victories in Maine and New York-23 for pro-marriage forces continue to reverberate up and down the Eastern Seaboard. NJ.com reported on Nov. 18 (“Gay Marriage… Now!”): “The word on the street is that the gay marriage initiative in the New Jersey State House is in big trouble. Apparently, the […]

NY MARRIAGE ALERT: Action Needed! SSM Vote Possible Today

Dear Friends of Marriage, The New York Senate is back in special session today, with Governor Paterson calling again for a vote on the same-sex marriage bill. We’ve got to keep the pressure on! Click here to send your state senator an email right now! Click here to look up your senator’s phone number!

Beating Down the Beatitudes in DC?

Dear Friends of Marriage, All Christians are called to follow the Beatitudes. Since our nation’s founding, America in particular has benefited from the fact that churches have united together to feed the poor, clothe the naked, care for the fatherless and motherless, and comfort the sorrowful.

EMERGENCY ALERT: Marriage Under Assault in New Jersey!

Dear Friends of Marriage, The next two months will shape the future of marriage in New Jersey. We need your help today! After last week’s election, gay marriage advocates know they have just two months to pass a same-sex marriage bill in New Jersey. Once Governor-elect Christie is inaugurated in January, he has promised to […]

Boston Globe highlights intolerance by gay marriage supporters

Dear Friends of Marriage, Ten days ago, the people of Maine rejected same-sex marriage legislation adopted by the legislature last spring. Throughout the campaign, the Yes on Question 1 team worked to explain to voters what happens when marriage is redefined — citing the experiences of families in Massachusetts, California and elsewhere.

EMERGENCY ALERT: SSM Vote Likely Today in NY Senate!

Dear Friends of Marriage, We need you right now. The New York Senate is in special session today and could vote on same-sex marriage at any time. Please take a moment right now to call and email your state senator.

NOM Marriage News: November 9, 2009

Dear Friends of Marriage, What a week it has been.  What an election for marriage! Maine, first and foremost, where you–through your sacrifices and your courage and your fundamental decency–helped NOM put to rest the great lie that gay marriage is inevitable. We can win this fight!  Last week we did!

After Maine?

Dear Friends of Marriage, The National Organization for Marriage has again, because of your support and work, played a key role in changing the course of history on marriage. As the largest contributor to the Yes on 1 effort in Maine, NOM spent almost all that it had (literally!), a total of $1.8 million dollars, […]

VICTORY IN MAINE!!!

WE DID IT!By a 53-47 margin, voters in Maine won a decisive and historic victory for marriage by passing Question 1!

Critical Marriage Vote in Maine TODAY!

Dear Friends of Marriage, With key votes taking place today in Maine and upstate New York, please do everything you possibly can to help get out the vote.  If you know people who live in these areas, please call them and make sure they get to the polls. Your efforts and phone calls could make […]

NOM Marriage News: October 30, 2009

Dear Friends of Marriage, Bishop Harry Jackson and Stand for Marriage DC.com called a rally for marriage in the nation’s capital this past Sunday.  DC City Council members are threatening to enact a gay marriage bill, even though the majority of DC voters don’t support it, claiming that “civil rights” requires it.