Speaker appoints anti-LGBT official

WASHINGTON – House Speaker John Boehner has appointed Robert George, co-founder and chairman emeritus of the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), to the U.S. Commission for International Religious Freedom, which, according to the Commission’s chairman, addresses “the challenges of religious extremism, intolerance, and repression throughout the world.” The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has condemned Boehner’s…

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Consumers urged to support Starbucks in face of NOM’s ‘Dump’ campaign

SEATTLE – The anti-LGBT group The National Organization for Marriage (NOM), has announced it will lead an international “Dump Starbucks” protest of Starbucks Coffee Company to give voice to consumers around the world who support preserving marriage as the union of one man and one woman. The new protest campaign was announced after the recent…

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Mitt Romney fuels NOM’s divisive racial tactics

WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization,  released never-before-seen financial documents Friday from the National Organization for Marriage showing a $10,000 donation from Mitt Romney’s PAC in 2008.  HRC called on Mitt Romney to disavow the racially divisive tactics of the National Organization for…

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NOM anti-gay practices - Maine

National Organization for Marriage busted with release of confidential campaign documents

  WASHINGTON , DC – A scathing 42-page confidential document by the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) was uncovered yesterday by the Human Rights Campaign as a result of the investigation conducted by the state of Maine Ethics Commission and Attorney General. The investigation was due to a sworn complaint filed by Fred Karger, founder…

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HRC defends Starbucks in wake of ‘Dump Starbucks’ smear campaign

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) – the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender organization – has stepped up in support of Starbucks Coffee following a smear campaign launched by the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) hailed as the “Dump Starbucks” movement. NOM launched the campaign against Starbucks amid the company’s sponsorship of LGBT equality…

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