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NOM's Damian Goddard calls For 'Arab Spring, American-style'

He, the head of the National Organization For Marriage's "Marriage Anti-Defamation Alliance," would seem to be calling for a revolution that ultimately ousts President Obama

Presumptuous for anyone to say. Especially so for a Canadian citizen.

Just so anti-equality advocates don't think I'm hypocritical...

…I still don't think we should vote on people's civil rights. In fact, I know we shouldn't.

I've said that every time we lose; I say it now, in victory.

Maggie Gallagher belies whatever NOM spin is coming down the pipe

"The Obama electorate defeated marriage. I’m guessing we lose at least three of tonight’s four races, and maybe four of the four. We were outspent eight-to-one — and no one was willing to speak for marriage, while the whole Democratic establishment and Hollywood campaigned for marriage. Last night really is a big loss, no way to spin it." [NRO]

Oh, but spin NOM surely will try.

Reliably high-minded Bryan Fischer offers typically nuanced take on presidential election

Posted late last night:

Bark, bark. Yawn.

Election 2012: I couldn't have scripted a clearer repudiation of the NOM agenda

Late yesterday afternoon, I posted a list of national stage candidates for whom the National Organization For Marriage had placed last-minute robocalls. Every single one of them—six in total, Romney among them—lost their races. Most of them lost in big ways.

NOM blew hundreds of thousands on these aforementioned races, but it was just a tiny drop in the bucket when you consider the vast fortunes this one organization wasted last night. Let's take a glance.

PRESIDENTIAL: NOM endorsed Romney pret...

UPDATED: Mitt's anti-gay NOM pledge

Video: Kalley Yanta's final push for faith-driven discrimination

***REMINDER: Kalley Yanta has admitted (On Brad Brandon's radio show, no less) that her views go well beyond just marriage itself. For Kalley, it's about judging "immoral actions" and about "not agreeing with the lifestyle" ("Exactly, exactly," she confirms):

AUDIO SOURCE: Word of Truth Radio -- 1/4/12 [OnePlace.com]

Audio: MD Marriage Alliance head equates legal limits on same-family unions with bars on same-gender unions

At a recent panel hosted by the University of Maryland's School of Public policy, a questioner asked Maryland Marriage Alliance chair Derek McCoy why her dear gay cousin and his husband of many years cannot legally marry. So while making his point, where did McCoy's mind go? To where it so often does with anti-equality voices:to incest.

Here's a snip and link to the full panel (since we all know Derek McCoy has a bit of a fetish for claiming things are taken out of context):

"In our current law...

One of the most disgusting anti-equality statements you will ever read

David Johnson is a Republican state representative from Eddington, Maine. David Johnson recently lost his gay brother to cancer and says he is still close to that late brother's partner of 25+ years. David Johnson wants to use that firsthand knowledge and recent loss to make a political statement about marriage.

But David Johnson's statement is not about honoring commitments like the one that existed between his late brother and his partner of more than two decades. No, no—it's about "strongly...

MD Marriage Alliance head again says comments were taken 'out of context'; gives me another reason to post them

At a Friday news conference, Maryland Marriage Alliance head again accused people like me of taking Pastor Robert Anderson "grossly out of context":

So that being the case, let me again show you the clips where Anderson makes the now-infamous "worthy of death" comments, says gays and our supporters are "on the wrong side of eternity" (much to McCoy's delight), and claims that marriage equality for same-gender couples will lead to legalized prostitution and incest. Here it is in two clips—the e...