On apparent break from telling Russia to ban same-sex adoptions so that children might have "normal" parents,
National Organization For Marriage president Brian Brown has issued yet
another fundraising blast (NOM issues about three a day at this 
point)
in which he frames those of us who support marriage (i.e. the majority
of Americans, our duly elected president, a majority of the U.S. Senate,
etc.) as "extremists" who are in this whole thing not because we want
to protect our families but because we want to punish people of
conservative faith. Brian says:
"Redefining marriage isn't about hollow claims of 'equality' and 'civil rights.' It's about changing the core, foundational institution in our society — turning it into a vehicle stripped of gender which exists purely for the satisfaction of adults, and away from one intrinsically ordered toward gender complementariness and geared toward the good of children.
And right now, it's the weapon of choice being used by a small but extremely well funded group of extremists in a fight to strip away our First Amendment religious freedoms. We cannot let that happen!"
—NOM prez Brian Brown
The ego is astounding. As if we pro-equality voices would've paused our
lives for the past decade to fight this fight simply so we could punish
people who think and pray (prey?) the way Brian does. It's around the
ten millionth time I've heard a prominent social conservative frame this
in such a narcissistic way, but the self-centeredness still manages to
shock me.
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