Pity the poor National Organization for Marriage. Their national bus tour for marriage over the summer was a colossal flop… attracting only tens of supporters at each of their twenty-three stops. They drew far more protesters, something the Human Rights Campaign surmised was the real purpose of the tour anyway:
At most stops along the way, the tour’s opposition was peaceful, but they did capture at least a couple of protesters yelling at them. But, when an organization takes it upon itself to victimize and demean your community while using religion to justify its bigotry, yelling at them is pretty tame; especially compared to the hateful signs sported by NOM supporters.
Now, NOM is upset that their pet issue may be dropped altogether by the Republican Party. They moan on their blog:
As proof, they point to an article in the Daily Caller which calls the coming-out of powerful Republican mover and shaker Mehlman a big yawner—and applauds Glenn Beck and Ann Coulter for their pro-gay words and deeds:
But “live and let live” isn’t a concept the rabidly religious right recognizes when it comes to gay and lesbian people. They may well be small-government Republicans—wishing the government would get out of their pocketbooks and stop trampling their individual right to amass as much wealth as possible by any means necessary. But, they firmly believe the government has a role in marriage, and that role is to preserve what they see as the “God-ordained” mixture of one man and one woman. Although there is a glaring contradiction in that statement, NOM and its advocates won’t ever see it.
Time is not on NOM’s side, however. They keep carping on the numbers—that "activist" judges are ruling against the majority of voters, and that’s just not right. What will they demand though when the majority swings the other way?
Polls are consistently showing that support for marriage equality is growing among Americans. One day soon, the clear majority will be for marriage equality. It will actually be fun to watch NOM and their cohorts demand that judges “do their jobs” and overturn the will of the majority when the tide turns against them.
I'm really concerned about the article. The republicans have shown enormous flexibility when it suits them, and utter rigidity when it suits them.Do they really think that they will take over the country?, and being nice to some gays, and probably forcing Mehlman to come out, will get them more votes, for there are certainly gay fiscal conservatives.But after the repubs gain total control, they will go over and buddy up with their religioous zealots, eg the so called Family Research council, and American Famaily association etc.And do what these zealots really want to do, and what the FRC, and Gov Perry of TX have called for - put the gays in jail.Which btw is code3 word for Auschwitz II. where gays, as well as jews, slavs etc all perished in hitlers ovens.If you listen to the repubs, what you hearday in and day out is outrageous lies.Their god is the man who said"tell a lie often enough and outrageous enough, and it will be seen as the truth."He helped hitler get elected in 1933, and his only contribution to humanity was to commit suicide on May 3, 1945, as the russians were storming Berlin. Goebbels, hitlers minister of progaganda. The republicans God.
Candace, For the love of God in heaven, why do these people hate us so much? It makes me wonder why God Created me this way.Is this Christianity that this hateful woman(Maggie Gallagher) espouses? What has happened in this woman's life to embrace such animus for her fellow man?It's days like these when my faith grows weak.Sincerely, Bernie
Candace Chellew-Hodge serves as associate pastor at Garden of Grace United Church of Christ in Columbia, S.C. Her new book is Bulletproof Faith: A Spiritual Survival Guide for Gay and Lesbian Christians.
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