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Secrets and lies: NOM Exposed!
Don’t believe the lies:
NOM is not a respectful, tolerant group.
Sign the petition at
www.NOMexposed.org
Are you tired of the National Organization for Marriage, a.k.a. NOM, putting on a mask of tolerance for the media?
Are you sick of their claim that they speak for a majority of Americans – while they support extreme anti-gay zealots and keep their donors secret?
Well, we are. And today, along with our friends at the Courage Campaign, we’re launching a website that pulls back the curtain on NOM for everyone to see.
NOM Exposed uncovers shocking secrets so people can get the real facts as NOM throws its weight around in race after race this election cycle. We’ll post up-to-the-minute dirt on NOM over the coming months and years, so bookmark the site and come back often.
NOM recently released a slick new ad on behalf of Tom Emmer, the candidate for governor of Minnesota with ties to a group that condoned the execution of gays. The ad disguises NOM’s anti-LGBT agenda behind a fake claim of protecting civil rights.
NOM even had the gall to compare itself to Martin Luther King, Jr., flashing images of his famous “I Have a Dream” speech.
It’s a flagrant distortion of reality – the latest in a history of deception since NOM opened for business during the Prop. 8 campaign.
NOMexposed.org is about spreading truth. We’ve spent months digging into NOM’s funding, shady ties, ethics violations, and more. We created this site so that every time someone searches for NOM – voters, elected leaders, reporters – they’ll get the real story. They’ll find out that:
- Brian Brown, NOM’s President, has said that “allowing gay marriage is akin to allowing polygamous marriage.”
- Not to be outdone, NOM founder Maggie Gallagher has said same-sex marriage is worse than polygamy.
- NOM has close ties to the powerful and secretive right-wing religious group Opus Dei.
- Robert George, the “reigning brain of the Christian right” and Chairman of NOM’s board co-authored the Federal Marriage Amendment that would have written anti-gay discrimination into the U.S. Constitution. He also believes that repealing antiquated laws banning sodomy will lead to incest.
- To hide its political activities, NOM has blatantly flouted campaign finance laws.
That’s just the tip of the iceberg. We’ve tracked NOM’s financial ties, showing how huge, secret donations have swelled its budget from $500,000 to $10 million in just three years. We’ve connected the dots to the hierarchy of the Catholic Church and the Mormon Church.
Now we need your help to get the word out – share shocking facts on Facebook and Twitter or spread the truth by simply passing this email along.
If you believe that strong families aren’t about “straight” or “gay” but about love and commitment; if you’re a person of faith; if you’re straight or LGBT, married, partnered or single – add your name and say “NOM Doesn’t Speak for Me.” We’ll share this petition with officials and the media in states where NOM is at work.
We’ve called NOM out before, whether revealing the audition tape for “Gathering Storm” or alerting the press to their lies. But NOM Exposed goes deep into the organization’s roots and represents a commitment to keep tabs on their activity and connect the dots for voters.
NOM wants to claim the middle ground. But people don’t know who they really are. We are not going to sit by and let them dictate the terms of the debate. We’re going to expose the lies – not just today, but every day.
Won’t you join us?
Thanks,
Joe Solmonese
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Russ Feingold
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Russ Feingold is our best defense against Joe Lieberman and first amendment opponents in the Senate.
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All too often, those who proclaim to have strong principles regarding free speech or domestic spying or torture when “the other guy” is in power abandon those concerns when it’s their own party’s turn at the helm.
Not Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold. He’s the rare person of conviction who stood alone and heroically voted against the Patriot Act when every other member of the Senate voted “aye.” And his principles don’t change just because there’s a new resident at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
But Russ is in a tough battle. He’s trailing his well-funded opponent by a wide margin. If Russ loses, while party bosses on both sides of the aisle can conspire to keep Joe Lieberman in the Senate, it sends a message to every member of Congress that there is no popular support for those who put themselves on the line in defense of our first amendment rights.
Our country can’t afford for Russ Feingold to lose this election.
http://action.firedoglake.com/feingold
Feingold voted against TARP under Bush, and he voted against it again under Obama. He can’t call on the fat cat bankers to fund his race like so many others can.
There’s only one yardstick, and Russ applies it to everyone.
Feingold’s opponent, Ron Johnson, has more “flexible” principles. He’s a millionaire installed by the party chieftans over the objections of local activists. When Wisconsin activists asked Johnson whether he supported the Patriot Act, he said “I wasn’t overly concerned with George Bush in power. I’m a little more concerned about the Patriot Act when you have Barack Obama.”
Johnson, like Joe Lieberman, is no fan of free speech either. Lieberman famously said that “in matters of war, we undermine presidential credibility at our nation’s peril.” Likewise, Johnson said that Feingold was “undermining our troops” by speaking out against the war in Afghanistan, and that it was “extremely harmful to our nation.”
http://action.firedoglake.com/feingold
Russ Feingold is the best defense of civil liberties in the Senate. His defeat would be an enormous blow to the tenuous wall holding back things like biometric ID programs that Joe Lieberman’s Department of Homeland Security is simply salivating over.
The time is coming when Americans will have to decide: do we stand and fight for our right to privacy and individual freedom, or do we capitulate to the continued erosion of our civil liberties?
http://action.firedoglake.com/feingold
Thank you for standing up for our civil liberties, and for all you do.
Best,
Jane Hamsher
FDL Action PAC
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Breaking: GOP Targets Washington
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News broke this morning that John Boehner‘s campaign squad is going up with attack ads in Washington. What actions you take in the next few hours will be critical to Democrats‘ successes in November.
Thursday midnight marks the last and final FEC quarterly deadline of the campaign, which means we need your support right now to prevent the GOP from dominating the airwaves with swift boat attacks in the critical final weeks leading up to the election.
While I am more confident than ever that we can retain our Majority, we must do everything we possibly can in these final days to fight back. There is too much at stake to leave any race without enough rapid response resources to fight back. We need 11 supporters from Seattle to give today to keep pace.
This deadline is the one that every pundit, talking head and Republican will use to measure our chances in November.
While I am more confident than ever that we can retain our Majority, we must do everything we possibly can in these final days to fight back. We can’t wake up on November 3rd with a single regret. Contribute today before Thursday’s deadline.
Thank you for standing with us.
Onward to victory,
Jon Vogel
DCCC Executive Director
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