'NOM' Defector Louis Marinelli Launches the National Organization for Marriage Equality

Louis Marinelli continues to be a pain in the ass for his former bosses Maggie Gallagher and Brian Brown who like Elaine Donnelly make anti-gay lies and bigotry a viable line of work. Marinelli who "saw the light" while serving as the bus driver on NOM's hateful 2010 "Summer for Marriage Tour", has been a font of information on the internal machinations at NOM. Now he has launched the National Organization for Marriage Equality to counter NOM's poisonous lies. The new organization's website describes it's mission as follows:

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[W]e aim to educate the public on the issue of civil marriage equality. Specifically, the organization is dedicated to the following objectives:
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to protect marriage equality in states where it exists;
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to educate the public about the importance of marriage equality in states where it does not exist;
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to grow support for civil marriage equality among conservatives, republicans and independents;
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to separate misinformation about the LGBT community from the facts.
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The new organization also plans to visit 17 states on a tour this summer. Marinelli has this to say about the upcoming tour:
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This summer we plan to travel the country from California to Maine to talk about my change of heart on the issue of marriage equality and talk with conservatives and republicans about why they should support the freedom to marry.

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Because it was these counter-protesters that led to my change of heart in support of same-sex marriage and my subsequent resignation from the National Organization for Marriage, this tour will serve as a testament to that change and I look forward to seeing many of the same faces and families I saw last year so that this year I can stand with them, not against them.

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Kudos to Marinelli. Let's hope he can opens some minds and change some hearts.