Posts Tagged Brian Brown

Screenshot of invitation to a conference call held by the National Organization for Marriage Nov. 8, 2012.

AUDIO: National Organization for Marriage wants Starbucks to pay ‘price’ in Middle East

By | 11.09.12 | 4:54 pm

The National Organization for Marriage is pledging to continue its efforts to ensure that companies that back same-sex marriage pay a “price” in Middle Eastern countries that are hostile to gay rights. More…

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Is NOM acting right?

By | 05.17.12 | 10:51 am

“NOM is not a partisan organization or a stalking horse for either party,” wrote National Organization for Marriage President Brian Brown in March. “We are a movement of people of every race, creed, color — and party — willing to stand up for marriage.” More…

NOM hits media circuit after setbacks in Washington, California

By | 02.13.12 | 4:37 pm

Representatives of the National Organization for Marriage made several media appearances over the weekend in the wake of the Washington State Legislature’s vote in favor of marriage equality for same-sex couples and the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision to overturn California’s Prop 8, which rescinded marriage rights for same-sex couples. More …

National Organization for Marriage co-founder says equality does not require benefits for gay couples

By | 02.13.12 | 12:18 pm

A major theme at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference More… in Washington, D.C., was that the Republican Party should once and for all erase the line between social and fiscal issues and further the argument that conservative social policies benefit the economy.
Same-sex marriage opponents participating in a Saturday panel

NOM ramps up spending, support in 2012 presidential race

By | 01.18.12 | 2:35 pm

Considering the National Organization for Marriage More…‘s consistent involvement in federal elections over the past few years, it may come as a surprise to some that the group does not operate a federal political action committee (though it has formed several state PACs). Instead, NOM participates in federal elections by regularly filing

HRC refocuses NOM watchdog campaign through election lens

By | 01.11.12 | 10:00 am

The Human Rights Campaign’s watchdog project NOM Exposed, which tracks the spending and lobbying activities of the National Organization for Marriage, recently revised its strategy. According to a leader on the project, HRC believes NOM’s focus in 2012 will be centered on the national stage to ensure that same-sex marriage remains a primary issue in the presidential race; thus NOM Exposed will be closely following NOM’s federal election activities. More …

Gingrich, like Romney, promises to exclude gay couples from marriage if president

By | 12.16.11 | 11:43 am

Though it was presidential candidate Mitt Romney who hardened his stance opposing same-sex marriage during Thursday night’s GOP presidential debate in Sioux City, Iowa, it was his strongest rival, Newt Gingrich, who demonstrated his commitment to excluding same-sex couples from marriage by signing the National Organization for Marriage‘s “Marriage Pledge” hours before the debate. More …

NOM asks for money to cover ‘looming shortfall’

By | 12.14.11 | 12:20 pm

One day after The American Independent released an analysis of the National Organization for Marriage’s recently reported finances from 2010 More…, which reveal that last year the organization spent more than $1 million than it earned, NOM President Brian Brown emailed supporters asking for help covering what he terms a