Let the Lies Begin

NOM, the front group for the Mormons and the Catholic hierarchy, is gearing up for the marriage fight in Minnesota. From Alvin McEwen:

“We commend the bi-partisan majority in the Minnesota House of Representatives that voted Saturday night to put an amendment on the ballot preserving marriage as the union of a man and a woman. The House joins a bi-partisan majority in the state Senate, and the amendment will now go before voters in November 2012. NOM looks forward to supporting the campaign and lending our expertise and resources to those of allies in the state. We will have a thorough, respectful, discussion with the voters of Minnesota on all the reasons why the definition of marriage should be preserved as the union of a man and a woman, and to explain the risks to Minnesotans if they allow an activist judge or liberal legislators to redefine marriage in the future without public approval."

The "bi-partisan majority" in the Senate included one -- yes, that's right, one -- DFL senator. The "bi-partisan majority" in the House included two DFL representatives. (And four Republicans voted against.)

The "expertise and resources" include lies and distortions paid for by secret donors (secret because it would be bad for business if everyone knew how anti-American you are). Brian Brown has never had a thorough or respectful discussion on anything having to do with gay civil rights in his career. I don't see that changing now. "Activist judge," as we all know, means you didn't like the decision, and the "liberal legislators" were elected to represent the people in the legislature. That's the way we do things in America -- we don't vote on other people's rights. "Public approval" is not required for guarantees of fundamental rights -- that's already been taken care of in the Constitution. That's what the "activist judges" base their decisions on.

NOM is already on the SPLC's watch list. My guess is they make full hate group status after this election.