NOM Targets GOP Senator - Meanwhile Catholics Support Cuomo

The self-enriching bigots and professional Christian whores at the National Organization for Marriage ("NOM") - like Maggie Gallagher at left who makes tawdry prostitutes look virtuous - are continuing their disingenuous campaign of intimidation and dissemination of lies in the wake of New York State's legalization of same sex marriage a week ago. Among the intimidation tactics are the targeting of Buffalo-area state senator Mark Grisanti who clearly understands the concept of separation of church and state and that one religious belief system does not get to control the civil laws. The other irony is that while the Catholic bishops and NOM - which I continue to suspect is a Catholic Church front group - continue to rant and rave as if someone had defecated in their Cheerios is that a new poll shows that 62% of Roman Catholic continue support Andrew Cuomo. Clearly the Church hierarchy and NOM no longer are representative of Roman Catholics. Now, if these dissenters would cease giving to the Church financially, the hierarchy could be forced into its deserved place in history: the trash heap. First these highlights from YourNewsNow on NOM's intimidation tactics and threats against Grisanti:
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In a fundraising email to supporters, the National Organization for Marriage announced its pledging $2 million to help reverse the gay marriage law and oust the lawmakers who supported it. "These Republicans, especially who betrayed their party, betrayed their voters, are going to need to be held accountable, and we pledged $2 million to make sure that that happens," said Brian Brown, president of the National Organization for Marriage.
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Brown says one Republican lawmaker in particular is the top of the list. "Mark Grisanti's vote was an absolute and total betrayal. Mark Grisanti asked us in his first bid for the Senate in 2008 to support him. He promised that he would protect marriage as the union between a man and a woman,” said Brown. “He not only betrayed us, he betrayed his voters. He is at the top of our target list."
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"I'm comfortable with my decision and my vote because I think it was a balance, and whatever NOM wants to do, as I said, that's what makes this country great. Go ahead and do what you’ve got to do" said Sen. Grisanti, (R).
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Grisanti defends his vote, saying it was based on fairness, not his religious beliefs or political survival. "It was not going to be a political vote. It was a vote of my conscience and it was a vote basically, definitely of fairness, and a balance that personified what I stated on the floor, that same sex couples should have the same right that I enjoy with my wife that I love,” said Grisanti. “The other side of it is that the religious organizations, the non-profits and the benevolent organizations, they're all protected,” said Grisanti.
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Personally, I plan on sending a check to Grisanti's campaign and I hope others will do so as well. As for the growing disconnect between the Roman Catholic laity and the bitter old men in dress in Roman and bishoprics across New York State, Capital Tonight has a story on a new poll showing overwhelming Catholic support for Andrew Cuomo. Here are some highlights:
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Today’s Q poll finds Gov. Andrew Cuomo continues to enjoy a high job approval rating of 64-19 in spite of – or perhaps because – his successful push to legalize same-sex marriage in New York. Cuomo’s numbers put him on top of the heap as far as the nation’s governors are concerned. He’s 20 points ahead of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who is sometimes mentioned (or, rather, hoped for) as a potential Cuomo opponent in the 2016 presidential race.
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Cuomo’s numbers haven’t moved, statistically speaking, since June when he was at 64-16, which means his end of session sweep appears to have neither helped nor hurt him. The governor’s championing of gay marriage did not hurt his standing with fellow white Catholics, who approve of him 62-22 percent.
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He’s at 53-26 percent with Republicans, 75-13 among fellow Democrats, 61-19 with independent voters and 63-20 in union households. (That last one is particularly noteworthy, considering Cuomo’s hard line with state worker unions and ongoing fights with PEF and NYSUT).