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National Organization for Marriage

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The Resume

    (2007- )
    Non-profit organization
    Campaigns to prevent legal recognition of same-sex marriages
    Active in support of Proposition 8 to amend the California state constitution to define marriage as being between a man and a woman (2008)
    Launched a '2 million for marriage' (2M4M) initiative to organize two million activists nationwide (2009)

Why they might be annoying:

    The 'Threat to Marriage' section of their website never explains how letting gays marry will actually threaten marriage.
    They have been accused of being a 'pass through committee' for the Mormon Church to use church funds for political purposes.
    During an unsuccessful campaign to amend the Massachusetts constitution to ban same-sex marriage, they placed billboards comparing a legislator opposing the amendment to Judas and Benedict Arnold.
    They ran ads with the on screen command, 'Say No To Same Same [sic] Sex Marraige [sic].'
    After semi-nude pictures of Carrie Prejean surfaced, they claimed she appeared in their ads as a 'private citizen,' not a spokesperson.

Why they might not be annoying:

    Frank Rich called their 'Gathering Storm' ad 'an internet camp classic.'
    '2M4M' is also used in classified ads by gay couples looking for a man to join in a threesome, producing the best inadvertent use of gay slang by conservatives since the 'teabaggers.'
    They never registered 2M4M as a domain name, so someone else purchased '2M4M.org' to create 'Two Men for Marriage.'

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 23 Votes: 52.17% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 10 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 38 Votes: 60.53% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 38 Votes: 34.21% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 53 Votes: 50.94% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 21 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 25 Votes: 28.00% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 59 Votes: 57.63% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 140 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 50 Votes: 42.00% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 193 Votes: 50.78% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 140 Votes: 46.43% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 361 Votes: 65.65% Annoying