Dear Marriage Supporter,
If you live in—or anywhere near—New York, I hope you'll bring the whole family out to join us this Sunday afternoon at 3pm. With simultaneous rallies in Buffalo, Rochester, Albany and Manhattan, we'll put Governor Cuomo and the political establishment on notice that the same-sex marriage debate is far from over.
Visit LetThePeopleVote.com for all the latest details!
It's time to start changing the way things are done in Albany. And the only way to change Albany is by changing personnel. It's time to throw out politicians who lie to their constituents. Throw out politicians who will use any means to force a political victory. And throw out politicians who care more about lining their pockets with campaign contributions from gay millionaires than about listening to the voices of everyday voters like you and me.
We've already met the first victims of this new gay marriage regime. Town clerks, charged with a duty to issue and record marriage licenses, are faced with a stark choice: give up stable employment in the midst of a troubled job market, or give up their religious convictions about marriage.
Two clerks have already resigned; others have been warned that failure to comply with the new law could land them in jail.
Who will the next victims be? A wedding photographer or owner of a reception hall? Parents of public school children who object to curriculum changes this fall? How long before the new law impacts you and your family?
The answer from Albany is clear: We couldn't care less.
It's that simple. If more Albany politicians actually cared about protecting religious liberty, they would have called out the bill's language as the fig leaf that it was. If they actually cared about empowering their constituents, they would have voted to give all New Yorkers a voice in deciding the future of marriage.
And so, this Sunday, as the same-sex marriage law goes into effect, I urge you to join us as we launch a 4-year campaign to “Let the People Vote!”
You can join us at any one of the following locations, beginning at 3:00 p.m.:
- Albany
West Capitol Park
South Swan St. and State St. - Rochester
Liberty Pole
East Ave, and East Main St. - Buffalo
Buffalo City Hall
65 Niagara Sq # 201 - Manhattan
633 3rd Ave.
Please visit LetThePeopleVote.com for directions and all the latest rally information. And while you're there, I hope you'll take a moment to RSVP, spread the word, and download signs and flyers.
I hope to see you on Sunday!
Faithfully,
Brian S. Brown
President
National Organization for Marriage
P.S.: Even if you can't make it to New York on Sunday, you can stand with the people of New York by making a gift of $25, $50, or even $100 or more at www.LetThePeopleVote.com.
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"Town clerks, charged with a duty to issue and record marriage licenses..."
"Issue and record marriage licenses." So basically they're a notary that works for the city. A town clerk is not a religious position. They issue marriage licenses to non-religious straight couples every single day. They have a duty to provide service to ALL citizens of the town they work in -- including gay people who help pay their salary. If they can't do the job they were hired to do, they should look for a job in the religious sector.
THE hate from the homosexual crowd continues to amaze me. i think most of the blogs are form the anti-christian hate-group truth win out. well lost souls . the people will vote on day.a dn gay marriage will be history. and will be ended. we need to put a stop to all perversity.
Thank you NOM, for all your work on this issue. If we want a healthy society we need to promote marriage between a man and a woman. You can't have a community of only men nor can you have a real community of only women. Men and women need one another and the smallest unit of community is marriage between a man and a woman. Children need to see marriage lifted up and promoted at home, in their textbooks, in the news, everywhere, in fact. Our country has so many troubles these days, we need to wake up and start building a society that is healthy and strong
A new role for the clerk is to collect a marriage tax from homosexuals, to help pay for the increase in unwed b births, as heterosexual marriage is further devalued. Then I think clerks would consider the job their religious duty not to quit.
The argument that, since marriage is already in trouble, we should hurt it further by imposing SS"M," doesn't make any sense. SS"M," an oxymoron, isn't about "equality." Everyone is already equally free to live however they choose.
jackson I think ist's pathetic that you gay people can't leave straight people alone... No one no goverment is stopping you from living your own lives as you please, as well as getting you own state to live in. Greate so christians and regular folks are bigots, now will you live us alone and lit us bigots live are own bigot lives without interacting with you because you bring nothing to the table, THAT'S EQUALITY!
If all of you who "protect marriage" think that only homosexuals are for gay marriage, you are WRONG.
Joe: gladly, if you'll simply get out of the way of our civil right to marry.
Joe: PS...nothing to the table? What about all our contributions to culture and the arts? Do you listen to Elton John or Queen? Hypocrite.
"#9/Steve Biondo: If all of you who "protect marriage" think that only homosexuals are for gay marriage, you are WRONG."
First, thanks for telling us no one here is wrong (since no one here thinks only homosexuals support same sex marriage.)
Second, I think non-homosexuals who support same sex marriage don't fully understand what they are supporting. If they did, they wouldn't support it.
Joe: You seriously can't deal with reality enough to realize that gay people exist and interact with you? Leave you alone? How would you react if someone were trying to mess with your right to marry the person you love?
If you truly wanted nothing to do with homosexuals, you wouldn't be so obsessed with trying to prevent their civil rights. Also, homeschooling, basing your career solely off your church and ignoring all art, music and literature would help you in that regard.
@Joe
"No one no goverment is stopping you from living your own lives as you please"
Cut the crap. What would please long term committed same-sex couples is to have the legal right to get married, so therefore your comment is false.
Repeating the same lie over and over again will not bring it any closer to the truth.
Marriage serves no useful purpose other than securing to opposite-sex relationships the preferential treatment to which their being opposite-sex entitles them.There is no state interest in accommodating same-sex sexual relationships in any way,and society is actively harmed by treatment of such relationships as if they were unobjectionable.I am not a religious person and this is not a religious issue,nor are standards of conduct "bigotry" or motivated by "hatred" against would-be violators.
Will these rallies help more New Yorkers understand how and why NOM opposes divorce and adultery?
I just heard that Westboro Baptist is also coming to protest on Sunday. Isn't it nice to know that NOM shares the same values as those who picket funerals of dead soldiers?
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