NOM’s Full-Page Ad Of Anti-Gay Hate And Lies

The National Organization for Marriage ("NOM") is continuing to make it very clear that it is in fact an anti-gay hate group and not an organization focused on "protecting marriage."  Not only has NOM advocated for "ex-gay" therapy which has been debunked by every legitimate medical and mental health association in America, but it is increasingly using out right lies - a standard mode of operation for the "godly Christian" crowd - and scare tactics to whip the Bible beaters into a frenzy.  Worse yet, until it was exposed by my blogger friend Jeremy Hooper, NOM was circulating a video that said gays were "worthy of death."  The animus could not be made much more clear.  The real question is when will NOM be afforded the registered hate group status that it so richly deserves.  The New Civil Rights Movement looks at NOM's campaign of lies and hate in Rhode Island where marriage equality legislation is under consideration.  Here are excerpts:

NOM, the National Organization For Marriage has published a full page ad in a Rhode Island newspaper, and has been widely distributing through the U.S. Postal Service mailings, both of which include lies, anti-gay hate, and mistruths — which were quickly debunked by the non-partisan journalism group, Politifact and Rhode Islanders For United For Marriage:

“This ad is just another example of NOM’s hurtful misinformation campaign here in Rhode Island and across the country,” Ray Sullivan, Campaign Director for Rhode Islanders For United For Marriage said in a press release. “Rather than engage in a civil dialogue about the legislation at hand, which would extend marriage rights to all loving, committed couples in the Ocean State, NOM is employing the well-worn tactics of those opposed to equality: fear mongering,”

Politifact, a fact-checking arm associated with the Providence Journal and the Politifact national organization, addressed NOM’s claim that “Massachusetts public schools teach kids as young as kindergartners about gay marriage,” and, in an extensive investigation, concluded, “We find [NOM's] statement False.”

The obvious question is, will this latest action by the National Organization For Marriage qualify them to be listed on the Southern Poverty Law Center‘s anti-gay hate groups page? The main criteria for inclusion is the repeated dissemination of anti-gay lies.

The story was first reported by Jeremy Hooper at Good As You, who has been closely following developments in Rhode Island, and earlier this week exposed NOM for promoting videos filled with lies and anti-gay extremist hate, which NOM pulled after Hooper’s reporting.

Apparently, NOM knows that campaigning solely on religious based discrimination is a losing proposition, if not illegal under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.  Hence, lies, scare tactics and efforts to fan the flames of anti-gay animus instead.   The sooner NOM is given hate group status and its financial backers exposed, the better for America.