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Sep 20, 2010: Let's Pick Apart NOM's Absurd Claims in Iowa

They're at it again.

Anti-gay groups like The National Organization for Marriage don't have any facts to back up their crusade to ban marriage, so their ads all lean on innuendo, suggestions, and "weasel words." Nowhere is that more apparent than their new ad, which calls for the ousting of Iowa Supreme Court justices based on one single ruling that NOM happens not to like.

If NOM wants to waste their money on these little games, that's fine -- and Jeremy already did a spot-on job explaining why ads like these are, in fact, a big waste. But it's also a good opportunity for us to step back, look at their silly claims, and expose them to the light of day. Here's the original:

And here's my response:


To me, the most offense thing about this new ad is the phrase "ignoring our traditional values." Apparently now NOM feels that they are qualified to decide for us what our values are.


 

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