After failing to stop same-sex marriage becoming law in all 50 states, the anti-gay National Organization for Marriage (NOM) has hit another obstacle — a critical shortfall in donations. Despite still attracting support from Republicans the group has now repeatedly warned of a critical donation shortfall. Pink News reports that the group has sent no less…
WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) filed a formal complaint with the IRS against the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) for violating federal law by refusing to disclose their 2014 Form 990s. Following their November 16 deadline, NOM is required by law to provide a copy of the organization’s Form 990s for the previous fiscal year…
WASHINGTON – Over the years, many of the nation’s most notorious and outspoken opponents of equality for LGBT people have warned of the disastrous effect legal marriage equality will have on American society. Yet today, as same-sex couples can legally marry in 32 states and Washington, DC, it seems the country’s march toward nationwide marriage…
WASHINGTON – The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) has suffered a great many defeats recently. The group was founded in 2007 to help pass Proposition 8, California’s ban on marriage for same-sex couples. However, now that the issue of marriage appears to be on a one-way path toward nationwide equality in America, NOM has expanded its war…
Predictably, just days after Target finally came out in support of marriage equality by signing an amicus brief in a case before a federal appeals court in Chicago, the National Organisation for Marriage (NOM) has announced a boycott of the chain. In a statement Brian Brown, president of NOM said, Target and other companies need to…
With marriage equality sweeping the nation—twelve states have legalized same-sex marriage in the past year alone—today’s March for Marriage on the National Mall seems very much a rearguard action. Sponsored by the National Organization for Marriage, the march attempts to salvage the case against gay marriage by arguing that it causes actual harm to real…
Today, the Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices voted unanimously to impose record civil penalties against the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) totaling $50,250 and directed NOM to file disclosure reports with the Commission after a four-year investigation exposed “a significant violation of law” by the national anti-LGBT organization. The penalties are reportedly…
WASHINGTON – A Maine enforcement action made public yesterday indicates that the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) may have intentionally violated a variety of state laws in 2009, including not only Maine but also Iowa and New Hampshire campaign finance laws. The revelation is contained in a scathing investigative report by the Maine Commission on Governmental…
WASHINGTON – The National Organization for Marriage (NOM), an organization that claims to be focused solely on marriage, is increasingly embracing dangerous and extremist anti-LGBT viewpoints following years of electoral and legislative losses. While NOM has long tried to portray itself as a mainstream organization – even at times supporting civil unions – its most recent activities…
WASHINGTON – The Iowa Ethics & Campaign Disclosure Board is looking into whether the anti-gay National Organization for Marriage (NOM) violated state law by refusing to disclose the identities of its donors during its efforts to oust state Supreme Court justices in 2010 and 2012. NOM launched an aggressive campaign to interfere with the state’s…
