National Organization for Marriage

The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) is a nonprofit organization with a mission to protect marriage and the faith communities that sustain it.

Founded in 2007 in response to the growing need for an organized opposition to same-sex marriage in state legislatures, NOM serves as a national resource for marriage-related initiatives at the state and local level. For decades, pro-family organizations have educated the public about the importance of marriage and the family, but have lacked the organized, national presence needed to impact state and local politics in a coordinated and sustained fashion. NOM seeks to fill that void, organizing as a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization, giving it the flexibility to lobby and support marriage initiatives across the nation.

Consistent with its 501(c)(4) nonprofit status, NOM works to develop political messaging, build its national grassroots email database of voters, and provide political intelligence and donor infrastructure on the state level, with a focus on developing new strategies for increasing influence in the Northeast and West Coast, where marriage is most under threat.

National Organization for Marriage website:
http://www.nationformarriage.org/sit....BEC6/Home.htm


DOMA Challenged in Federal Court...

On Wednesday, March 3rd, more than a dozen same-sex couples from Massachusetts filed a lawsuit in federal district court challenging the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act, arguing that DOMA unconstitutionally deprives same-sex couples of the rights and responsibilities accorded married couples under federal law.

In waiting until after the Bush administration left office to file the lawsuit, gay marriage activists are seeking to take advantage of the Obama administration's public opposition to DOMA. They're hoping that Attorney General Holder and the Department of Justice will take their side, leaving the pro-marriage views of most Americans virtually unrepresented.

We need to remind President Obama and Attorney General Holder that they have a constitutional duty to defend the laws of the United States, despite their own personal views.

Please take a minute today to send an email to President Obama and Attorney General Holder, urging them to make sure that DOMA receives a full, fair, and vigorous defense against the charges being brought by Massachusetts gay marriage activists. Click here to get started!

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We invite you to stand with millions of Americans in support of the Defense of Marriage Act, which is under attack from gay marriage activists. In the wake of repeated setbacks at the ballot box, and with an increasingly receptive audience in Washington, gay marriage advocates are now seeking to impose same-sex marriage on the entire nation with a single stroke of the pen.

Last September, President Barack Obama told the Washington Blade: "I have long been on record opposing DOMA, and an Obama-Biden administration will work hard to ensure that we can pass a repeal of that law as soon as possible." And within minutes of his inauguration, the White House website had been updated to reflect President Obama's radical agenda regarding DOMA.

It's DOMA that prevents four judges in Massachusetts from imposing same-sex marriage on the entire nation. It's DOMA that protects the right of 45 states to enforce their own marriage laws instead of the law handed down by a narrow majority of the Connecticut court. And it's DOMA on which gay marriage activists have now set their sights -- seeking to turn back our legislative victories over the past decade in one fell swoop.
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