National Organization for Marriage (NOM)

The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) is an American non-profit political organization established in 2007 to work against legalization of same-sex marriage in the United States. It was formed in 2007 specifically to pass California’s Proposition 8 prohibiting same-sex marriage in California. The group has opposed civil union legislation and opposes gay adoption. Its current president is Brian S. Brown.

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Newt Gingrich

Newt Gingrich funneled $350,000 into anti-gay hate groups

Thursday, March 17, 2011
Former House Speaker, and likely presidential candidate, Newt Gingrich has been caught funneling over $350,000 into anti-gay hate groups in the past year. [ Read more → ]
NOM

Surprise! NOM-funded poll says Maryland voters are against marriage equality

Sunday, February 20, 2011
Just as Maryland legislators are expected to debate a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage, a new poll by the National Organization for Marriage suggests (surprise!) that voters believe that marriage "should only be between a man and a woman." [ Read more → ]
maine_state_seal

Judge upholds Maine campaign finance challenge brought by anti-gay NOM

Sunday, February 20, 2011
A federal judge has ruled that Maine's campaign finance disclosure law is constitutional, rejecting a challenge by the National Organization for Marriage over its refusal to disclose identities of donors who contributed to its anti-gay marriage campaign. [ Read more → ]
James Brochin

NOM testimony against Maryland marriage equality has unintended effect

Wednesday, February 9, 2011
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Maryland's Senate Judicial Proceedings committee heard 7 hours of testimony on Tuesday on whether or not to legalize same-sex marriage, and testimony from at least one marriage equality opponent has had an unintended consequence. [ Read more → ]
NOM

NOM attacks Rhode Island governor over marriage equality

Sunday, February 6, 2011
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Governor Lincoln Chafee’s support of marriage equality for same-sex couples isn’t sitting well with the National Organization For Marriage (NOM). They’re spending thousands more on a new ad attacking the Governor. [ Read more → ]
Fred Karger

Presidential hopeful Fred Karger takes on NOM’s anti-gay marriage campaign

Sunday, January 30, 2011
Gay activist and Presidential hopeful Fred Karger has released a 60 second TV spot that has already started running in New Hampshire taking on the National Organization For Marriage and their lies. [ Read more → ]
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NOM spending $100K to run anti-gay marriage ads in Rhode Island

Friday, January 14, 2011
The National Organization for Marriage has targeted Rhode Island with a new $100,000 advertising campaign, aimed at derailing legislative efforts to legalize gay marriage. [ Read more → ]
Morse

Anti-gay organization wants to reclaim the rainbow symbol from the ‘gay lobby’

Thursday, December 16, 2010
Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, founder and president of the San Diego based Ruth Institute, says that the rainbow symbol needs to be reclaimed from "the gay lobby" because "the rainbow is a sign of God's covenant with man." [ Read more → ]
iowa-justice

Campaign underway in Iowa to oust judges who supported gay marriage

Wednesday, October 6, 2010
A political-action committee wants voters to remove 3 Iowa Supreme Court justices in retaliation for the 2009 Court ruling that said there was “no important governmental interest in denying citizens marriage licenses based on their sexual orientation.” [ Read more → ]
Quinn

Catholic bishops, NOM continue assault on gay marriage efforts in Minnesota

Saturday, September 18, 2010
Some of Minnesota’s Catholic bishops are preparing a push against the legalization of same-sex marriage in the final two months of the 2010 campaign season. [caption id="attachment_10673" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="Quinn"][/caption] While most Minnesota bishops have not yet made their plans public, Bishop John Quinn of... [ Read more → ]
(Photo: Atlanta Journal Constitution)

Niece of Martin Luther King calls gay marriage ‘genocide’ at NOM rally

Saturday, August 7, 2010
Allowing gay couples to marry amounts to "genocide" and will lead to the "extinction" of the human race, according to the niece of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. at a National Organization for Marriage rally in Atlanta on Saturday. [ Read more → ]
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Advocates, opponents, politicians react to today’s Prop 8 ruling

Wednesday, August 4, 2010
While gay rights advocates from across the country celebrate Wednesday's historic ruling in which U.S. Judge Vaughn Walker overturned Proposition 8, political groups, elected officials and activists on both sides issued reaction today, ranging for jubilation to furiously denouncing the court's ruling. [ Read more → ]
Scott

Being gay — like recalled peanut butter — is harmful

Tuesday, August 3, 2010
The anti-gay marriage movement is not about hate, instead, being gay is as dangerous as using products that have been recalled, so says Tamara Scott, a speaker at a recent NOM rally at the Iowa state capital. [ Read more → ]
Two members of the National Organization for Marriage pray as a pro-same-sex-marriage protester waves the gay-rights rainbow flag above them.

Gay marriage opponents, supporters clash at Rhode Island state capitol

Monday, July 19, 2010
Armed with chants and shouted prayers, more than 300 opponents and proponents of same-sex marriage faced off Sunday on the south lawn of the Rhode Island State House on Sunday. [ Read more → ]
Tom-Campbell

Gay marriage foes target GOP Senate hopeful

Monday, March 15, 2010
[caption id="attachment_6990" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Campbell"][/caption] A group that promotes traditional marriage is funding a new statewide ad campaign in California against U.S. Senate candidate Tom Campbell -- a Republican who supports gay marriage. The Washington, D.C.-based National Organization for Marriage began running the 30-second television... [ Read more → ]

Gay marriage supporters rally at New Jersey Statehouse

Monday, November 23, 2009
Hundreds of gay marriage supporters took to the Statehouse in Trenton today as lawmakers began their first day of a lame-duck session, reports the New Jersey Star-Ledger. Steven Goldstein, chairman of Garden State Equality, rallied several hundred protesters on West State Street, directing them to... [ Read more → ]
Robert George

Princeton Prof launches anti-Gay Marriage ‘American Priciples Project’

Saturday, May 9, 2009
Robert George, Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University and conservative Catholic legal scholar and activist, has launched a new political organization, the American Principles Project. The group's website says it will hold Republicans accountable to conservative positions, including opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage among... [ Read more → ]
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