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Maggie Gallagher of NOM
With the news of Chick-fil-A’s stance against marriage equality, some of us were waiting for the National Organization for Marriage to show its hypocrisy.
You may remember that a while back, NOM was demanding that companies in Minnesota adopt a neutral stance on the amendment the state will be voting on in regards to gay marriage. It sent the following letter to 50 Minnesota companies:
As a cultural matter that has little to do with your corporate mission to serve customers, earn profits, and provide good jobs for the people of Minnesota we would request that _____ adopt a neutral stance on the Minnesota marriage amendment. We do not request that you endorse our efforts to protect the age-old definition of what is a marriage, but only that you stay neutral and respect the conscience rights of your customers and employees who are on both sides of the issue.[...]Wading into a culture war over an issue where _____ has no business interest is to invite public backlash, much like what Starbucks is experiencing in the DumpStarbucks.com campaign, with little upside. Polls have put support for the Minnesota marriage amendment at 56% – higher than polls in North Carolina had support for the marriage amendment there just prior to the 61-39% victory for marriage in that state.[...]We are carefully watching what _____ will do on this important measure, with the expectation that you will not be engaged on one side or the other. Please let us know if this is not the case.
Naturally, NOM has taken a different tone with Chick-fil-A’s stance, calling the company’s president, Dan Cathy, “a corporate hero for marriage” on its blog.
This two-faced hypocrisy reeks of something former NOM president Maggie Gallagher would think of. She does have a habit of speaking out of both sides of her mouth such as praising same-sex families on one side while condemning them on the other while at the same time attempting to fool people into thinking that she is not being hateful.
People are not stupid, NOM.
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Clearly, Maggie has no real experience in the corporate world, nor any idea that most modern corporations (with a few notable exceptions such as ExxonMobil and WalMart) have embraced the business case for diverse, inclusive workforces that include LGB and, in many cases, T. These companies realize that this isn’t just dabbling in “social issues” or a “culture war,” they know that it’s in their best interest from a business standpoint to stand up for equality. They DO see the connection with their “mission to serve customers, earn profits, and provide good jobs.”
Maggie’s feeble request for them to take a neutral (i.e. no) position will fall on deaf ears, if it’s even heard at all. If these corporations are intending to state a public position against this amendment, they are certainly not going to change their mind on account of her.
Finally, I think it’s a victory of sorts that NOM realizes that they can’t hope for an endorsement in support of the amendment, and the best they can hope for is that companies will take no position. They realize the best they can do is break even.
Maggie is used to one thing, an expense account. She gets to travel around the country and stay at nice hotels, all the while racking up flier miles and hotel points.
Some of those points are from properties owned by the Catholic Church and some of them are properties run by Mormons, such as Marriott Hotels.
Oh Maggie, how you suffer.
Both the Catholic church, which has enabled pedophile priests for decades, and the Mormon church which is no better, support you, is that a good thing Maggie?
Mayor Tom Menino of Boston is going to try to block Chick-Fil-A from establishing a franchise on Boston’s Freedom Trail. While I would normally have mixed feelings about this, I find it necessary and justified considering President Dan Cathy’s comments regarding his point of view and for his suggestion that his opinion is reflected in company policy as well. Note: I would love to be able to link to the source of the interview but it looks like Baptist Press has taken it down.
ManateeMaggie has to hate on somebody. The Bible tells her she can’t hate her Husband.Zing!
Dan Cathy is the son of the founder Truett Cathy. Hard Right Hard Core Southern Baptists. No drinking, No dancing, No smoking, No sex.
It was thought that the son would be milder than the father. Perhaps the son is waiting for the old man to die to let his freak flag fly. Perhaps not.
When the Cathy’s moved to New Smyrna, Florida, the old man bought a lot of homes in Sugar Mill Country Club. He also bought an old clubhouse building called “The Lodge”. Before restoring the old building, the family held a celebration – smashing all the liquor bottles that had been left inside.
The Cathy’s now rent The Lodge only to non-imbibing orgs like the Boy Scouts.
Chic-Fil-A is closed on Sundays to honor the Republican Jesus.
It has been speculated that the son will open them Sundays when the old man kicks the bucket.
That might be the extent of his liberalism (to serve mammon).
People are not stupid, NOM
Actually, they are.
Not really, not as many as NOM thinks are anyway.
Even though homosexuals are a minority it appears that everyone knows someone who is gay. It makes it really hard for groups like NOM to paint horns on the heads of same sex couples when people realize that a gay person isn’t that much different from someone heterosexual.
That’s correct. Do you suppose that we tend to overestimate the number of religious zealots whom wish to beat upon gays?
That would be two categories – religious zealots generally (the larger group)
and those zealots who endeavor to beat upon gays (a subset within that group).
Surely a significant number of religious zealots are uncomfortable with beating upon gays (as their leaders endeavor to charge them with the task).
I think that the community is responding with appropriate pushback and that given time this is a fight for equality that will be won.
We’ll never completely eradicate the drummed up fear and hatred that some of the religious community propogates but I have seen people shift their mentality simply by virtue of the fact that they know someone who is homosexual. Knowledge is the enemy of fear. Once you start to try and understand something you are less inclined to be afraid. Besides the arguments the religious right makes are extremely weak. Anyone who truly believes their relationship between their spouse and their God will fail because their same sex neighbors are allowed to marry has a pretty weak view of their relationships(both with their God and their spouse.)