NOM's Grand Scheme To Repeal Marriage Equality In NY

As Maggie Gallagher Mrs. Srivistav of National Organization For Marriage makes the rounds selling her "nutty" "Let The People Vote" campaign, I though we should take another look a legislative mastermind Brian Brown's brilliant 4-year plan for undoing marriage equality in the Empire State.?

Here it is:

Oh wait, that's not it. That's the Underpants Gnomes' get-rich scheme.?

Maggie Gallagher Mrs. Srivistav and Brian Brown's own get-rich scheme fleecing ignorant and hateful people of New York after the fold.?

It it a plan even the The Wall Street Journal called "a case of deceptive advertising" yesterday.
From NOM's blog:

PHASE 1:

Elect pro-marriage majorities next November that will approve a marriage amendment in both the Assembly and Senate during the 2013 legislative session.

PHASE 2:

Protect pro-marriage candidates in the 2014 elections, so that the amendment can receive final legislative approval in the 2015 legislative session.

PHASE 3:

Successfully pass the ballot measure when it goes before voters in November 2015.

A 4-year process seems like a long time-and it is-but it's achievable.

Sure it is. Of course, this can only be accomplished if people give money, give money, give money.?

Laurel already did a little reality check on their plan earlier calling it "nutty." And she was right. Turns out even a right-wing writer at the Wall Street Journal agrees with Laurel and I. Writing about the weekend call to action, Wall Street Journal's James Taranto says:

If the National Organization for Marriage were a commercial enterprise, its "Let the People Vote" campaign would be a case of deceptive advertising.

Taken in whole, Taranto's article is shameful collection of credulous repeating of right-wing talking points, ignorance, and race-baiting rhetoric. It even includes a picture captioned, "The Gay KK" (because gays bullies with insensitive signs are no different from the Klan). The writer also expresses his support that a civil rights issue should go to the ballot. But to his credit, even his obvious sympathy for Maggie Gallagher Mrs. Srivistav's cause and naked animus to gay people won't permit him to deny basic reality. He writes:

Putting a constitutional amendment on the New York ballot requires an act of the Legislature--or rather two acts, in successive legislative sessions. Thus, for the National Organization for Marriage to have its way, many of the lawmakers who enacted same-sex marriage a month ago would essentially have to reverse themselves. The state Senate approved same-sex marriage 33-29, the Assembly 80-63.

[snip]

We searched LetThePeopleVote.com for a description of the procedure for putting a amendment on the New York ballot and couldn't find one. Instead, the language on the site implies that the Legislature acted illegitimately when it "imposed same-sex marriage on New York with no vote of the people." Such a vote is not part of the ordinary procedure for enacting legislation in New York, and it is misleading to pretend otherwise.

But if I may, I'd like to suggest a faster, easier, more realistic alternative plan NOM may consider pursuing:

PHASE 1:?

Obtain a nuclear missile, point it at the moon.?

PHASE 2:?

Issue a directive to the New York legislature and Governor Cuomo demanding marriage equality be repealed immediately or the moon will be destroyed.?

PHASE 3:?

Detonate missile over Fire Island to celebrate victory over teh evil gays.?

Easy.?