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Is the National Organization for Marriage a Front Group?

Submitted by Anne Landman on September 23, 2010 - 1:16pm

National Organization for Marriage logoIs the National Organization for Marriage a front group for anonymous, deep-pocketed donors from conservative churches who are pouring money into fighting efforts by gays to attain marriage equality?

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The Washington Independent, September 20, 2010

Target's Off-Target Lobbying Effort

Submitted by Anne Landman on August 19, 2010 - 12:04pm

The big retailer Target put itself in the crosshairs after it became one of the first big companies to exerci

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AlterNet, August 18, 2010

Baptist Minister Rents Trouble

Submitted by Anne Landman on May 5, 2010 - 1:21pm

RentBoy.comGeorge Rekers, a Baptist minister who along with James Dobson co-founded the powerful Christian lobbying group Family Research Council, was spotted arriving at Miami International Airport with a companion he hired from a gay escort Web site called RentBoy.com. Dr.

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Times Online, May 5, 2010

CREW Asks Obama to Avoid Scandal-Plagued Group's "National Prayer Breakfast"

Submitted by Anne Landman on February 2, 2010 - 10:05pm

The watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) is asking President Obama not to attend this year's National Prayer Breakfast, the signature annual event of a secretive, Washington, D.C.-based, conservative Christian organization known as "The Fellowship" or "The Family." News reports link The Fellowship to the introduction of legislation in Uganda (pdf) that would sentence homosexuals and people who are HIV-positive to death.

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CREW Press Release, February 1, 2010

Openly Gay Owner of Indiana PR Company Invited to Attend State of the Union Address

Submitted by Anne Landman on January 27, 2010 - 11:47am

The White House has invited a special guest to attend President Obama's State of the Union address: Trevor Yager, the openly gay founder and co-owner of TrendyMinds, a successful advertising and public relations firm based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The President will feature the agency for its growth and charitable contributions in 2009, and as an example of a business that has benefited from White House policies.

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Huffington Post, January 26, 2010

Cindy McCain Poses for Pro-Gay Marriage Ad Campaign

Submitted by Anne Landman on January 21, 2010 - 2:18pm

After California voters passed Proposition 8 -- the law that amended the state's constitution to ban same-sex marriage -- in November, 2008, celebrity photographer Adam Bouska and partner Jeff Parshley created the "NOH8 Campaign," a photo project and silent protest that began with Bouska taking photos of everyday Californians who supported marriage equality.

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Washington Post, January 20, 2010

"Love IS Worth Fighting For" -- Lt. Dan Choi

Submitted by Lisa Graves on October 4, 2009 - 7:29am

"Love is worth fighting for." That's how Lt. Dan Choi ended his remarks this weekend about his journey from West Point to Iraq to discharge under the continuing Pentagon policy of "don't ask, don't tell" (DADT). It really made me think about this deeply flawed policy I have opposed privately over the years. Because, as Lt. Choi distilled it so well, love is worth fighting for.

He is one of only eight people in his graduating class at West Point who majored in Arabic, and so his story also brought home to me the gap between the rhetoric about the "global war on terror" (GWOT) and the reality, in a particular way. Since I left the government over four years ago, I have been speaking out about misplaced priorities involving terrorism, civil liberties, and human rights.

Millions for Marriage -- and Schubert Flint

Submitted by Diane Farsetta on April 28, 2009 - 9:22am

The National Organization for Marriage's (NOM's) $1.5 million television ad campaign -- with spots featuring "ominous clouds over several people warning against same-sex marriage" -- is bringing one public relations firm to the national stage. The Sacramento, California firm Schubert Flint Public Affairs "played a key role in torpedoing same-sex marriage in California," reports O'Dwyer's.

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O'Dwyer's PR Daily (sub req'd), April 17, 2009

Israel Lays the Groundwork for Diplomatic Failure

Submitted by Diane Farsetta on April 20, 2009 - 1:17pm

Worried about "increasing international willingness to negotiate with Tehran over its nuclear program," the Israeli government is ramping up its anti-Iranian messaging. Israel has committed 8 million NIS, or around U.S.$2 million, for the campaign. "To appeal to people who are less concerned with Iran's nuclear aspirations and more fearful of its human rights abuses," Israel will work with the "international gay community" to highlight Iran's repression of LGBT people.

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Haaretz (Israel), April 20, 2009

A Sacred Vow, But Not to Journalistic Standards

Submitted by Diane Farsetta on April 9, 2009 - 12:33pm

The National Organization for Marriage, "a national organization that opposes same-sex marriage is targeting New Jersey in a $1.5 million advertising campaign." The group is also running ads in Iowa, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont. The television spots warn that supporters of same-sex marriage "want to change the way I live. ... That means wedding photographers and marriage counselors could be labeled bigots and sued if they oppose working with same-sex couples," they claim.

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The Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey), April 8, 2009
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