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Iowa ethics board to investigate National Organization for Marriage
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board voted Thursday to investigate whether a national group that opposes gay marriage violated state law.
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NOM co-founder to head U.S. Commission on Religious Freedom
WASHINGTON — Robert George, the co-founder and driving force behind the National Organization For Marriage, has been appointed Chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
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National Organization for Marriage ‘outraged’ by ‘illegitimate’ court rulings
WASHINGTON — The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) on Wednesday said it was “outraged” at the U.S. Supreme Court’s actions to dismiss Proposition 8 on procedural grounds, and for invalidating a key element of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).
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Equality Illinois plans $500K ‘Fight Back for Marriage’ campaign
CHICAGO — Equality Illinois, a statewide LGBT advocacy group, said Monday it plans to launch a $500,000 effort to promote same-sex marriage ahead of the 2014 election.
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NOM argues in Maine that it doesn’t have to reveal donor list
PORTLAND, Maine — A lawyer for the leading national advocacy group opposing same-sex marriage told Maine’s highest court Thursday that the First Amendment shields it from having to reveal its donor list to state officials.
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NOM headed back to court in Maine in ongoing effort to hide donor list
PORTLAND, Maine — The Maine Supreme Judicial Court will hear arguments this week on a national anti-gay-marriage group’s efforts to keep its donor list confidential.
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NOM chair: ‘Second-best’ remark ‘grossly misrepresents’ my views on adoption
National Organization for Marriage board chairman John Eastman on Friday said comments he made to the Associated Press earlier this week “grossly misrepresents” his views on adoption.
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NOM board chairman says families with adopted children are ‘second best’
Just two weeks before the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments on the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act and California’s ban on same-sex marriage, National Organization for Marriage (NOM) Board Chairman John Eastman referred to families with adopted children as “second best.”
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Family says NOM spokesperson disgraced Tyler Clementi’s legacy
The family of Tyler Clementi — backed by GLAAD, the Human Rights the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), and Equality Matters — on Monday called on Jennifer Roback Morse of the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) to apologize for a recent speech in which she used the story of Tyler Clementi’s death as an example of why it is “not the best thing” to let LGBT people be friends with other LGBT people, or be supported by the LGBT community.
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NOM threatens GOP lawmakers in Minn. who vote for same-sex marriage
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The National Organization for Marriage on Monday said it will spend $500,000 to defeat Republican lawmakers in Minnesota who vote to legalize same-sex marriage.