This week, the Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled that California’s Proposition 8 is unconstitutional. The National Organization for Marriage tried today to downplay this monumental loss by tweeting: #9thCircuit is just a battle — we’re winning the war to protect #marriage! myop.us/xtwGuG #CA #Prop8 Oh really? If NOM is winning the war [...]

Correction: In 2009 the Maine legislature did what Washington’s just did – dump their DOMA and replace with a marriage equality law. A NOM-backed referendum rolled back Maine’s new law before it could be enacted. Washington will be the first state to replace DOMA with a marriage equality law if equality advocates succeed in defending [...]

National Organization for Marriage acts as though it is above the law. And now NOM is coming to Washington. Brian Brown, President of NOM It has become a predictable pattern. NOM slinks into a state that is actively debating marriage equality, drops a mountain of cash into the campaign coffers of the anti-gay side, then [...]

Tonight we witnessed the power of simply telling our family, friends and legislators why marriage equality is important to us and our families. After an incredibly respectful debate, the Washington state Senate has passed the marriage equality bill on a bipartisan vote of 28 to 21. The House is expected to vote on the bill [...]

Last week, Starbucks joined the long list of Washington employers endorsing Washington’s marriage equality bill. The Starbucks statement reflects their years-long commitment to equality: Starbucks is proud to join other leading Northwest employers in support of Washington State legislation recognizing marriage equality for same-sex couples. Starbucks strives to create a company culture that puts our [...]

Family Research Council’s “Prayer Target” for today includes this statement: Unless God intervenes, Governor Chris Gregoire will succeed in her effort to legalize same-sex “marriage” in Washington State. If God’s intervention is what’s needed, why has National Organization for Marriage promised to parachute into Washington to run a referendum campaign in an effort to repeal [...]

Moot is the word that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals used to describe Protect Marriage Washington‘s too-late effort to prevent the Washington Secretary of State from releasing more copies of the Referendum 71 petitions to the public. In October, Federal District Court Judge Benjamin Settle, a George W. Bush appointee, ruled in their case [...]

Oregon Pastor Gary Randall is up in arms about New York City’s new sex ed curriculum. “We want to help kids to delay the onset of sexual activity, and if they choose to engage in sexual activity, to do it in a healthy way,” says NYC’s Deputy Mayor Linda Gibbs. Uh oh, she used the [...]

Guest post by: Anne Levinson, Chair, Washington Families Standing Together Today, the next chapter in a legal case that many thought was long since over will be argued in Federal District Court in Tacoma, Washington. The case, Doe v. Reed, stemmed from the 2009 Referendum 71 campaign in Washington State where a local group, Protect [...]

Maggie Gallagher has provided endless opportunities to embarrass herself, but as the National Organization for Marriage chugs along with a new chairman, expect little to change. The official press release: National Organization For Marriage Announces New Chairman of the Board Prof. John Eastman Washington, DC – The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) announced today that [...]