FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 9, 2009
CONTACT:
Elizabeth Ray (x130) or Mary Beth Hutchins (x105) at 703-683-5004
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MARRIAGE SENDS A MESSAGE TO NEW YORK STATE GOP LEGISLATORS: "Vote for Gay Marriage and We Will Fund a Primary Challenge."
WASHINGTON – Following up on its successful campaign to defeat Dede Scozzafava in NY-23, The National Organization for Marriage’s (NOM) Executive Director Brian Brown announced plans to build a $500,000 war chest to fund a primary challenge to any Republican senator who votes for gay marriage – regardless of the outcome of Tuesday’s vote in the State Senate.
"There is no Republican Senate district in New York where the majority of people support gay marriage. Maine has made that very clear,” said Brian Brown. "The GOP should learn from Dede Scozzafava's experience: voting for gay marriage does not pay."
50 percent of voters who abandoned Dede Scozzafava to vote for Doug Hoffman said that Dede's vote for gay marriage was a significant factor, according to a NOM poll of voters in NY-23 released on Election Day.
New York’s Governor Paterson pushed the same sex marriage bill to the top of the priority list for this week’s State Senate vote.
To speak with Maggie Gallagher, President, or Brian Brown, Executive Director of NOM, please contact Elizabeth Ray ext. 130, eray@crcpublicrelations.com, or Mary Beth Hutchins ext. 105, mhutchins@crcpublicrelations.com, at 703-683-5004.
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 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. Find out more at www.nationformarriage.org.
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