EPIC FAIL: National Organization for Marriage "Bus Tour"

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For some reason, the National Organization for Marriage (known as NOM or freaks) has embarked upon a bus tour across the united states to spread their message that the definition of the word "marriage" must remain exactly as it is at this moment, and never, ever change.  Of course we already have legal gay marriages in some states and countries in the world, not to mention "corporate" marriages, and other uses of that sanctified word.  So they're kinda barking up a dead tree there anyway.

But they are rolling from town to town, in a resource-hogging RV, with stock photo "families" plastered on the side.  They've got an uptight, clench-jawed dude named Brian Brown (who pings my 'dar, if you catch my drift), leading this ragtag group, but he seems to be AWOL suddenly.  It seems that the NOM Summer for Marriage 2010 bus tour is a spectacular, some might say flaming disaster.  Every place they go, they gather tens of supporters, sometimes barely outnumbering the number of staff they have present.  And at each event, they are met by counter protesters who are usually equal to or even larger than the protest crowds. Friendlier, smarter and more organized too!

I have to wonder what motivates this group. What's in it for them if they are somehow successful in their mission? How does it feel to run an organization whose sole purpose is to take away or prevent people from having their rights recognized?  They claim to be religiously inspired, but that doesn't sound very Christian to me. Does it to you?

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Yet another NOM TurnoutFAIL today: Is NOM imploding right before our eyes (and cameras)?

Another day, another #NOMturnoutFAIL.


And, in yet another example of how NOT to stage an event attended by as many staffers as supporters, NOM decided to hold their latest tour stop in a huge, empty grocery store parking lot in Lima, Ohio. Seriously.


Arisha Michelle Hatch and Anthony Ash, our intrepid NOM Tour Trackers following NOM from one tour stop to the next, are in Lima but experiencing spotty internet connections. Fortunately, they were able to send iPhone pictures to accompany the brief report below from Arisha (it may be awhile before more pictures or video come in. Stay tuned. . .).

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