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They've found some stock photos and bought a new domain name. The Stand For Marriage Washington Coalition -- which under its old incarnation, had already positioned itself as quite extreme -- is now operating as Preserve Marriage Washington:
Personally I like how the kid on the far right of the clip art seems to be doing a Susanna Hoffs "Walk Like an Egyptian" routine. He or she seems like the rebel who will break from the heterosexist clutches and march in a pro-equality parade. I like... Read Full Story
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This from the Facebook wall of Stand For Marriage Washington, the coalition hoping to put equality on the 2012 ballot:
[SOURCE: S4MW Facebook ]
Well they certainly have the hyperbole down pat. When it comes to the deceptive PR campaign that is "protecting marriage," that sleight of hand is at least 3/4 of the battle.
Now on to phase two: Finding parents whose actor child can pretend a gay-inclusive children's book is like head lice, chicken pox, measles, bird flu, and a playground... Read Full Story
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They needed 21, they got 24:
New Jersey senate passes marriage bill in 24-16 vote [Wash Blade]
Although ultimately, to override Gov. Christie's promised veto, both the Senate and the yet-to-pass Assembly will need a 2/3 majority (which means 27 votes in the Senate). Here's hoping that will come to be. Or, better yet: Gov. Christie will have a "Eureka!" moment about history's right side and the much more favorable light that comes with. Read Full Story
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Freedom to Marry is pushing the Democratic party to add marriage equality to its 2012 platform:
Today, we're excited to launch our Democrats: Say I Do campaign, calling on the national Democratic Party to include a plank supporting gay and lesbian couples’ freedom to marry in the party’s 2012 platform. The platform will be ratified at the Democratic National Convention, which begins September 3 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Democrats: Say I Do [FTM]
A valid, achievable ask. Unlike... Read Full Story
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A few days ago, the National Organization For Marriage posted this little blip and link, as if it helps their stated, anti-gay-marriage cause:
[SOURCE: NOM Blog]
But the one truth that invalidates any point NOM might have been trying to make is that Nick Kristof supports marriage equality. In fact, he's supported it for years , even before many in New York Times media circles were forthright on the subject. He's fully with us on this one, not NOM.
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Salvatore Cordileone is widely considered the "Father of Prop 8." Unfortunately, he's yet to disown his biased baby. In fact, he's nurturing the discriminatory brat with ever-coarsening rhetoric:
“ Our society does not operate in an amoral or value-less vacuum,” said Bishop Salvatore Cordileone of Oakland, chairman of the Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage. “To flourish, it must be infused with moral direction that is grounded in the truth. Of course, the true meaning of... Read Full Story
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Peter "let's export/criminalize the gays" Sprigg , one of the key voices against marriage equality in Maryland, continues his string of ridiculously obtuse Prop 8 tweets :
Obtuse and very telling, actually. Peter has no problem comparing us gay folk, regardless of our relationship status, to single straight people who have not utilized their own freedom to marry for whatever reason. On its face, that's just plain silly. But when unpacked, it tells us so much about how Peter, his... Read Full Story
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She'd probably disagree, but I really can't see how either of these clips -- or the recent Salon.com profile , for that matter -- help Maggie's movement in any way:
In this one, pay special attention around the 9 min. mark where Maggie denies she has any pro-"ex-gay" views, even though we know that to be a flat-out lie (* I'll round up the NOM/Maggie "ex-gay" stuff below ):
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*Maggie's "ex-gay" advocacy... Read Full Story
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SNIP: " She often treads the line between analytical and over thought, with her assessment of everyday considerations falling somewhere between learned Philosophy professor and pot-smoking college freshman: Rooted in reason but with an added dose of idealization, naiveté, pretense, or all three. "
READ: Then *why* are you sad, Maggie? [NOM Exposed] Read Full Story
