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National Organization for Marriage – Losing Campaigns and Donors

NOM’s Brian Brown

The ironically named National Organization for Marriage – which actually campaigns against marriage rights – is woefully in debt and barely staying in business according to 2013 tax records:

The main findings: NOM’s donors have vanished, with 2013 fundraising barely half what it was in 2012. Meanwhile, NOM’s debt has ballooned to from $2 million in 2012 to $2.5 million in 2013. Of the $5.1 million that NOM raised last year, more than half came from just two donors. That’s down from three major donors in 2012.

NOM hasn’t had a major “win” against same-sex marriage since 2012 when North Carolina passed it’s statewide ban – which is now already struck down.

And just today NOM’s request to reverse Oregon’s marriage ruling via en banc rehearing in the 9th Circuit Court was denied.

Another day, another loss for NOM and Brian Brown. See the one page ruling below:

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Anti-Gay ‘National Organization For Marriage’ Sees Donations Drop Over 50%

Brian Brown of NOM

Brian Brown over at the ironically named National Organization for Marriage might need to worry about feeding his kids soon if NOM’s funding continues to dry up as it has in the past year.

According to analysis of the organization’s 2013 tax filings done by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), NOM raised $5.1 million in 2013, dropping by over 50% since 2012. Just 2 donors accounted for more than half of the organization’s funding – further evidence that everyday Americans have little interest in furthering NOM’s extremist agenda. In addition, the NOM Education Fund also dropped by nearly $3.5 million in funding — a drop of almost 70% since the previous year. NOM ended the year more than $2.5 million in debt.

“NOM should start figuring out that people aren’t willing to give their hard-earned money to an extremist agenda that’s going nowhere,” said Fred Sainz, HRC Vice President of Communications. “If I were Brian Brown, I’d be worried that my two or three mega-donors are soon going to come to terms with the fact that they’d largely be better off flushing money down the toilet. Americans certainly aren’t buying what NOM is selling, and it’s only a matter of time before the trickle of money keeping the lights on at NOM HQ dries up.”

It’s important to note from that quote – “Just 2 donors accounted for more than half of the organization’s funding.” Which means that most Americans are not part of NOM’s hate campaign.

And there’s more bad news for NOM:

• The Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices voted unanimously to impose record civil penalties against NOM totaling $50,250 due to non-disclosure violations

• “Strong Opposition” to marriage equality has dropped to a low of 28%

There’s more info about NOM’s activities over at the Human Rights Campaign.

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NOM’s Brian Brown Declares War On GOP Sen. Rob Portman

NOM’s Brian Brown

Anti-gay spokesman Brian Brown has declared war on Republican Sen. Rob Portman, who, after his gay son came out in 2013, said he supports marriage equality.

Brian Brown isn’t having any of that:

“Rob Portman can forget about getting elected President of the United States. If he runs we will make sure that GOP primary voters are aware of his desire to redefine marriage and his willingness to see federal judges set aside the votes of 50 million Americans who enacted marriage amendments across the country because his son is gay.

“Rob Portman’s son has a right to live as he chooses, but that does not give his father the right to redefine marriage. The same voters who just elected pro-marriage candidates like Joni Ernst, Tim Scott, Tom Cotton, Pat Roberts and Thom Tillis are not going to support someone like Rob Portman.”

Just another day in the mind of the haters…

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National Organization For Marriage’s Brian Brown Robocalls Against GOP Candidate Carl DeMaio

Some voters in San Diego this weekend received robocalls from the president of anti-gay National Organization for Marriage, Brian Brown, urging them to NOT vote for Republican Carl DeMaio and instead vote for the Democratic candidate Scott Peters. Not because Brown supports Peters – in the call he says Peters is “wrong on the issues but at least we can defeat him in two years. If DeMaio is elected, he may hold office and do damage for decades! Please vote against Carl DeMaio on November 4th.”

Brown opposes DeMaio basically because “gay.”

I’m no fan of DeMaio myself, but interesting that Brown is willing to turn on Republicans if they happen to be gay.

But remember, he says NOM doesn’t get involved in political races…

(via JMG)

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C-SPAN: Evan Wolfson Schools Anti-Gay Brian Brown On Same-Sex Marriage

From this past weekend, watch Freedom To Marry head Evan Wolfson calmly and methodically deconstruct all of hate group leader Brian Brown’s misleading lies and exaggerations against same-sex marriage in an hour-long call-in show on C-SPAN.

Best moment of the hour is at 43:00 – Wolfson calls out Brown for participating at the recent anti-gay Kremlin conference.

Wolfson: “Mr. Brown was in Russia, people can go and look it up, for something called the World Conference [Congress] Of Families, that endorsed a resolution calling on other countries to adopt the same kind of vicious, brutal, sweeping anti-gay law that Putin’s Russia just enacted that has launched a wave of thuggery and beatings in the street and discrimination against gay people in that country that is now seeking to export that kind of attack. That’s not about marriage. That’s about beating up and in some cases killing and licensing thuggery. Mr. Brown was part of that conference and that’s part of the work he is doing.”

Brown: “That’s absolutely wrong.”

Wolfson: “People can look it up. “

Brown: “His facts are absolutely wrong. All people can look up are Evan Wolfson’s and Human Rights Campaign’s absolute lies and slurs.”

Wolfson is excellent at staying on point and addressing the real concerns and issues regarding marriage equality.

Watch below.

(via JMG)

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NOM’s Brian Brown: Conservatives Will Lose Elections If They Don’t Hate On Gay Marriage More

In a recent post on the National Organization for Marriage’s blog, Brian Brown praises former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee for threatening to leave the Republican Party if more conservatives don’t stand against equal rights for gays:

“Governor Huckabee is exactly right and is speaking for millions of Americans who are sick of Republican elitists remaining silent and refusing to fight for the survival of marriage, the principal building block of society and the foundation of civilization.

“Republicans who remain silent on marriage do so at their own peril and risk losing elections across the country. If conservatives see Republican candidates fail to lead on marriage — or worse, come out in favor of redefining marriage — then conservatives will abandon those candidates.

“We are grateful for those leaders who have spoken out to condemn the Supreme Court for their unprincipled and outrageous decision to allow the redefinition of marriage to occur in these states.

“We are prepared to work tirelessly to support them and others who lead in the fight to preserve marriage. But Governor Huckabee is right. If more Republican leaders do not speak up and join the fight, then millions of conservatives will abandon them and join with officials who will fight.

“Marriage is on the line in our country, and it’s time for people to get off the bench and into the battle.”

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Brian Brown Begs For Money As Haters See Marriage Equality Win The Day

National Organization for Marriage’s Brian Brown sent this missive out yesterday begging for money to continue the more and more ill-fated hate campaign against equal rights for gays and lesbians to marry.

“This is not democracy: it is judicial tyranny. We need to act—now!

Please take a moment immediately to contact Congress and demand support for an amendment to the Constitution of the United States that will preserve and protect marriage as the union of one man and one woman!

Legislative efforts to amend our Constitution to protect marriage are already underway. In the House, this initiative is being led by Representative Tim Huelskamp of Kansas. In the Senate, it is being spearheaded by Senator Ted Cruz of Texas.

Marriage Supporter, I’ll say it plainly: marriage is on the ropes, and our principles of government are taking a beating as well. That’s why I need you to ACT NOW and DEMAND action from Congress to put a halt to the legal chaos that has been thrust upon us by the radical same-sex ‘marriage’ movement.”

Note the urgency in his tone as his cushy paycheck promoting second-class rights for gays is quickly slipping away.

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Brian Brown: “I Am An Extremist and I ‘Export Hate'”

Hate group leader Brian Brown of the ironically named National Organization for Marriage has penned an “essay” for the Washington Post in which he voices his disagreement with the Human Rights Campaign, who recently launched a new campaign which exposes some of the leaders of the anti-gay rights movement.

Part of that campaign that sheds light on Brown’s “export of hate” around the world.

Well, Brown is not very happy in this spotlight. He writes:

I readily and proudly plead guilty to the “crime” of not supporting that organization’s desire to redefine marriage. I have had the nerve to express that view not only here in America, but when invited to speak in other countries. Hence, in the distorted world of the campaign, I am an extremist and “export hate.”

[snip]

I am proud to have played some small role in this emerging global movement. One of the few things the Human Rights Campaign correctly notes is that I have spoken to conferences around the world.

However, these speeches focused not on “hate” or “division” but on the importance of individuals of different faiths, nationalities, cultures and political creeds uniting together in a shared defense of the truth of marriage and family. Working together with men and women dedicated to protecting the family is not the definition of hate, but love.

After all that high-minded hyperbole, Joe Jervis of JoeMyGod points out that Brown recently appeared at a Kremlin conference which concluded with a call for more nations to criminalize homosexuality.

So much for “the importance of individuals of different faiths, nationalities, cultures and political creeds.”

Sounds like hate to me. Read more about Brian Brown’s extremist work to undercut the rights of LGBT citizens around the world at the HRC’s “The Export of Hate.”

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“Export of Hate” – Human Rights Campaign vs Brian Brown

Brian Brown, the president of the shadowy anti-LGBT group National Organization for Marriage, is being put on notice for his anti-LGBT advocacy worldwide.

From California to France, Brown has traveled the world spreading messages of homophobia and transphobia.

Learn more about Brown’s work here – http://www.HRC.org/ExportOfHate

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NOM president Brian Brown: Marriage equality “house of cards” is collapsing

National Organization for Marriage’s Brian Brown

Hot on the heels of the Louisiana ruling today against same-sex marriage (the first since June of 2013), NOM president Brian Brown claimed the “house of cards” that is the marriage equality movement is “collapsing:”

“Here we see the house of cards collapsing that supported the myth that redefining marriage is inevitable,” said Brian S. Brown, president of the National Organization for Marriage. “This decision by Judge Feldman in Louisiana is a great win for the cause of marriage, coming as it does on the heels of other pro-marriage court victories, that puts the lie to the claim that it is inevitable the US Supreme Court will redefine marriage. To the contrary, we believe they will leave this issue with the states.”

“Judge Feldman has authored a powerful opinion that points the US Supreme Court in the direction of upholding state marriage laws and constitutional amendments,” Brown said. “He finds what should be obvious to everyone, that states have a legitimate concern in ‘linking marriage to children with intact families.’ It is perfectly appropriate for voters to determine if they wish to decide for themselves whether they wish to redefine this age-old institution that has served society so well. Overwhelmingly, voters have rejected redefining marriage, and we expect the US Supreme Court to do so as well.”

Regarding a “house of cards,” it should be noted that Judge Feldman’s ruling is the first against same-sex marriage by a federal judge since the Windsor decision by SCOTUS in June of 2013.

(via press release)