The bigger the loss, the loud the whine. Thatâs always the case with National Organization for Marriage, which has been on an uninterrupted losing streak since 2012. Their latest howl of anguish is a cry for the impeachment of Virginiaâs attorney general, Mark Herring, for daring to abandon the defense of the stateâs ban on marriage equality.
âAttorney General Herring is participating in a lawsuit against the very people he is sworn to represent, the citizens of Virginia who preserved marriage in their constitution,â NOM president Brian Brown fumed. âThis malfeasance and neglect of duty is not only a disgrace, itâs an impeachable offense under the constitution.â
Of course, attorney generals in other states, to say nothing of U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, have taken the same approach to marriage laws. They still have their jobs.
Always sore losers, NOM insists that impeachment is the only course of action. âThe attorney generalâs decision to advocate against the stateâs marriage law is an egregious violation of his duty,â said NOM board chairman John Eastman, a law professor at Chapman University. âAny other lawyer pulling that kind of nonsense would be disbarred.â
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In deciding to have Virginia join in the challenge to the state marriage ban, Herring said he was doing so to be on âthe right side of history.â No prize for guessing where that puts NOM.
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Spike
Typical republicans. Elections have consequences, until they loose, then IMPEACH IMPEACH IMPEACH !!!!!!
TheNewEnergyDude
LOLOL
CaptainFabulous
Actually, he, like other AGs are under no obligation to defend a law they believe to be unconstitutional. Why waste taxpayer money when you know you’re only going to lose anyway. That doesn’t seem very prudent.
Caleb in SC
Let the GOP continue its strategy from its same, tired playbook. Such antiquated antics will only serve to hasten its eventual demise. The homophobia, misogyny and xenophobia of the GOP is not playing well with the average American voter and will almost assure that Hillary will win the election in 2016. And they will have no one to blame but themselves.
SteveDenver
NOM IS DEAD.
The swollen creep who leads it has been trotting all over the globe fighting against marriage equality and losing. NOM and its hand-wringing supporters have been his meal ticket for the past decade. Now he’s simply an echo of Westboro Baptist Church: single-issue and stupidly frantic.
Conservatives want to impeach all the time, but seem ignorant that there has to be a REASON.
Atomicrob
AG’s can use their discretion if they believe a law is unconstitutional. Brown is on the wrong size of this issue and should be viewed as the bigot he is. Get a new job, Brown!
BrianZ
It is somewhat gratifying to see such a hateful organization in a downward spiral. However I don’t think it wise to assume that they should be ignored, or counted out. So many of the people who originally used queer rights as a wedge issue, and effectively at that, have moved on to Tea Party groups and found new sources of funding and fanaticism. There will likely be beasts to slay for a while to come.
@Caleb in SC: I am hopeful that the softening in the rhetoric from the Pope on some of these wedge issues gives a boost to non-GOP/Tea Party candidates as well.
Caleb in SC
@BrianZ: I’m hopeful, too!
sangsue
@SteveDenver:
Unfortunately, NOM isn’t dead. They’ve just exported their poison to Africa, Russia and growing parts of Europe. So I guess our gain is their loss. đ
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Gman23
I guess NOM is not for Freedom….they should be tossed out of this Country. How can anyone that believes in Freedom be so anti-freedom! These people are the biggest hypocrites in the world. Period. There is nothing to debate here. They would be happier if this Country was more like Russia. Putin loving Communists.
Patsy Stoned
That picture of Brian Brown(shirt) makes him look appropriately like the constipated nazi he is.