National Organization for Marriage

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The '''National Organization for Marriage''' (NOM) is an [[United States|American]] [[political action group]] that opposes [[same-sex marriage]]. What will they do in a post Obergefell vs. Hodges world? Oh.<ref>Blue, Miranda, [http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/brian-brown-tells-moscow-conference-americans-reject-new-and-false-vision-of-the-family/ "Brian Brown Tells Moscow Conference: Americans Reject ‘New And False Vision Of The Family’"], [[Right Wing Watch]] (13 January 2015, 5:40 pm).</ref>

==It's Gonna Start Raining Men...RUN!==
NOM is perhaps best known for its "Gathering Storm" ad, released in 2009, which features a bunch of people greenscreened in front of dark storm clouds. They make it sound like [[Hurricane]] Homo has reached category 5 and is about to make landfall:<ref name="nomad">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp76ly2_NoI</ref>
:"There's a storm gathering."
:"The clouds are dark and the winds are strong."
:"And I am afraid."

The [[irony meter]] breaks at the end when NOM affiliate Damon Owens appears to tell us his multi-ethnic "rainbow coalition" offers a ray of hope.<ref name="nomad" /> Everyone else in the ad is an actor, and none of them seem very passionate about NOM's cause, if the leaked casting videos are anything to go by.<ref>http://vimeo.com/4093265</ref><ref>http://vimeo.com/4093390</ref>

===Also of note===
''Ender's Game'' author [[Orson Scott Card]] was on the board of directors for NOM from 2009 to 2013.  He quietly stepped down, possibly to avoid issues with the pending release of the film of the same name.<ref>Think Progress - [http://thinkprogress.org/alyssa/2013/07/22/2335061/orson-scott-card-apparently-quit-the-board-of-the-national-organization-for-marriage/ Orson Scott Card Apparently Quit The Board Of The National Organization For Marriage]</ref> 

==People==
Key figures in NOM include Brian S. Brown, who is also involved with the World Congress of Families, and Maggie Gallagher, also of the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy.<ref>[https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/National_Organization_for_Marriage National Organization for Marriage], SourceWatch, accessed Oct 11, 2022</ref><ref>[https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Maggie_Gallagher Maggie Gallagher], SourceWatch, accessed Oct 11, 2022</ref>

==Further Irony==
NOM has had some trouble with its abbreviations, particularly "2M4M" and "PNP". The former means "two men seeking another man (for a threesome)"; The latter stands for "party and play", referring to drugs and sex.<ref>Talking Points Memo - [http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/anti-gay-rights-group-calls-its-marriage-campaign-2m4m Anti-Gay Rights Group Calls its Marriage Campaign '2M4M']</ref><ref>In reality, PNP means {{wpl|Plug and play|
Plug and Pray
 Plug and Play}} and makes the installation of computer devices much less of a hassle</ref>

==Wait, it's legal now?==
By 2015, all US states had legalised same-sex marriage.<ref>{{wpa|Same-sex marriage in the United States}}</ref> But even before then, NOM had pivoted to more generally hating on LGBT people, mocking trans and gay people, and supporting homophobic comments by people such as Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty.<ref name=hrc>[https://www.hrc.org/press-releases/national-organization-for-marriage-abandons-core-mission-promotes-anti-lgbt National Organization for Marriage Abandons Core Mission, Promotes Anti-LGBT Hate], Human Rights Campaign, January 29, 2014</ref> However it also found itself $2 million in debt; a fine of $50,250 for violating Maine electoral law did not help, and it teetered on the brink of collapse for a few years.<ref name=hrc/><ref>[https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2017/2/24/national-organization-marriage-may-be-collapsing-our-eyes The National Organization for Marriage May Be Collapsing Before Our Eyes], The Advocate, Feb 24, 2017</ref> Its annual March for Marriage in Washington DC fell from thousands of attendees c. 2009 to 30-50 people in 2017.<ref>[https://www.attitude.co.uk/news/world/anti-gay-march-for-marriage-draws-an-embarrassingly-tiny-crowd-293035/ Anti-gay ‘March For Marriage’ draws an embarrassingly tiny crowd], Attitude, June 21, 2017</ref>

It continued to persecute trans people, submitting a 2016 amicus curiae brief in the long-running legal dispute between trans student Gavin Grimm and his school board.<ref>[https://www.aclu.org/cases/grimm-v-gloucester-county-school-board Grimm v Gloucester County School Board], ACLU, Oct 6, 2021</ref><ref>[https://www.aclu.org/legal-document/national-organization-marriage-and-center-constitutional-jurisprudence National Organization for Marriage and Center for Constitutional Jurispridence amici curiae brief in Grimm v Gloucester County School Board], ACLU, undated</ref><ref>[https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/gloucester-county-school-board-v-g-g/ Gloucester County School Board v. G.G.], Scotus Blog, 2017</ref> In 2017, they were told off by the clerk of the Supreme Court for deliberately misgendering Grimm.<ref>[https://www.metroweekly.com/2017/02/supreme-court-reprimands-anti-trans-groups-misgendering-gavin-grimm/ Supreme Court Reprimands Anti Trans Groups For Misgendering Gavin Grimm], Metro Weekly, Feb 27, 2017</ref>

Fortunately, the NOM finally seems to have died, with its website in October 2022 still calling for senators to confirm Amy Coney Barrett, who was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2020, and its blog offline.<ref>[https://www.nationformarriage.org/ Homepage], National Organisation for Marriage, accessed Oct 11, 2022</ref>

==See also==
*[[Frank Schubert]]
*[[CitizenGo]]

==References==
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