The leader of a National Organization for Marriage (NOM) affiliate has demanded that opponents of marriage equality reclaim the rainbow from “the gay lobby.” Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, the founder and head of the Ruth Institute, which describes itself as “a project of the National Organization for Marriage,” told the right-wing American Family News Network’s OneNewsNow that the rainbow should be the symbol of Prop 8 supporters and Religious Right activists because "the rainbow is a sign of God's covenant with man." According to Morse, who was also a speaker on NOM’s “Summer for Marriage” bus tour, the rainbow has been wrongly appropriated by the LGBT community. ....
The main campaign of the Ruth Institute is “Gay Marriage Affects Everyone,” a seminar led by Morse on the dangers of same-sex marriage. Among the ways “gay marriage affects everyone,” writes Morse, include the notions that “same sex marriage will marginalize men from the family” and “increase the power of the state over civil society.”
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
NOM: take the rainbow back from the gays
Words fail. From People for the American way:
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Why does the phrase "whoring for the media" come to mind when I read Dr. Morse's comments on this topic?
But elsewhere, NOM's Ruth Institute says there are *4* threats to marriage: SSM, but also "Contraception, Divorce and Cohabitation".
Funny, how you don't hear them trying to BAN the other three!
As long as NOM is "reclaiming" symbols, why don't they ask for this one?
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Paul (A), nice to hear from you, I hope you're feeling better.
Slow but sure, IT. As my mother says, with broken ribs, it only hurts when you breathe.
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