National opponents of same-sex marriage say they will be actively involved in Maine and the three other states that probably will vote on the issue this fall.
During a conference call Tuesday, Brian Brown, president of the National Organization for Marriage, said his organization will "be very focused on Maine," but he would not speculate how much the group would spend. They spent nearly $2 million during the 2009 campaign to overturn a gay marriage law in Maine, and has teamed up with the Christian Civic League to fight the ballot question this time around.
"We view (Maine) as a key state," he said. "We'll see how much money we have to spend. We haven't determined how much we can devote to each state."
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Maybe NOM should focus on following the laws in Maine.
I think NOM should focus on exactly what it says it intends to focus on:
Victory for marriage.
And I am very confident that is exactly what will be achieved.
@Rick
As am I.
Here, here...
More criminal investigations in NOM to come.
"I think NOM should focus on exactly what it says it intends to focus on"
...while continuing to break the law?
Where has NOM been convicted of breaking the law, Pete?
Oh, that's right.
In the Kangaroo Court of pseudo-marriage radicals, where accusation and conviction are one and the same thing.
No worries, Pete, we are going to roll you politically this fall so unforgettably that your intelligence files shall require a complete re-working from the ground up
All I have to say is this: Never underestimate the values voters.
They are the silent majority.
I can't wait for the day SCOTUS rules in favor of SSM, wiping out in a single stroke the unconstitutional anti-gay amendments and also wiping the queeny, smug smirk off the fugly, craggy, lonely face of DeLano who knows this day is coming fast.
Four years can make quite a difference. Look at Gallup polls: support for same-sex relations (and their legal validation via marriage) is steadily rising across the country.
In my humble opinion, money spent by NOM in Maine will be money wasted. But I could be wrong, and NOM may spend enough to stem the tide of equality in Maine, for now. But with that money spent here, will there be enough to go around for the other states deciding these issues?
It's been some time since the opinion that marriage should be restricted to man and woman was the one increasing in popularity.
Andy says:
"It's been some time since the opinion that marriage should be restricted to man and woman was the one increasing in popularity."
According to whom?
Certainly not according to the sovereign voting citizens of the United States.
33 straight is a rather persuasive bit of polling, I'd say.
Thanks for the advice, we'll win Maine again bigger, and for less.
People are getting sick of this, and they have already made their position quite clear.
I know Brian Brown says the message of same sex marriage's inevitability is erroneous and not backed up at the ballot box. And hey, he could be right. But then I have to wonder why NOM feels the need to spend 2 million dollars on this and other upcoming ballot measures. If people are so on board, it wouldn't seem you'd have to spend a dime.
Umm, yeah KAK.
You are truly politically astute there.
@ KAK
Its an example of how easily people can be influenced away from what they know is right that NOM has to put such effort toward encouraging them to stay with their convictions.
This might help you to understand how easy it will be (for our economic, marketing and educational system) to influence the 80 to 97 percent of the children who are not born that way to try that way. Or to influence them to think that opposite-sex marriage really does not have anything whatsoever that is special about it that might be worthwhile for them as independent and free individuals.
We do not think such influence is just, nor that is helpful, to the children and youth of our society. And we think that taking away the only word that signal out within the society the man-woman union, is taking away from the children, youth and parents the most basic protection from subtle but effective influence toward that direction.
Come join us. In our fight to save the word marriage, for the protection and helpful education of all of our children. We need your help, and your influence.