The answer is, yes. Partially. Maybe.
Just to brush up on the facts here, the National Organization for against Marriage (NOM) is a key organization in the anti-equality movement, playing a key role as a front group for Mormon donations. Of course, you can check out their NOM Summer Tour on the Courage Campaign’s NOM Tour Tracker. See, they are travelling all over the nation, spreading their message that equality sucks or something like that.
Now, this is where Carly Fiorina enters into the story. NOM teamed up with two other Right-y organizations to found the “Latino Partnership for Conservative Principles”. Here’s the press release:
The Latino Partnership for Conservative Principles, an organization of conservative Hispanics, today announced the details of a $1 million campaign in support of California Senate candidate Carly Fiorina at a press conference in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday, July 27. … The campaign is being coordinated by our Latino Partnership for Conservative Principles, in collaboration with the Susan B. Anthony List and the National Organization for Marriage.
Poor Susan B. Anthony…having her name dragged through the mud like this. It just ain’t right.
Nonetheless, if there was any facade of moderation with Carly Fiorina, this is where it should stop. Sure, this is an IE. But these folks know exactly what they are buying. They simply don’t use their money on people that aren’t “one of them.” That’s just not the way it works.
Of course, it would be nice if there were, you know, actual Latino organizations involved in this effort. But there’s a reason for that. She’s become a reactionary nativist on immigration policy, and she is just all wrong for California.
that bankrolled prop 8. That was not a one time only coalition. It is a divide and concur strategy. They use the culture wars to play minority groups against each other. It is unfortunately an effective approach.
I like how they are using a telenovela star who was in the SF Pride parade as one of their so-called spokespeople. Ultimately you can’t have it both ways, either you are con nosotros or like Carly, you suck.
Brian–you can either take the word “collaborating,” or the words used on the Tus Valores Website, in which NOM is clearly listed as an “important sponsor.”
http://www.tusvalores.com/en/a…
Where I come from, you aren’t listed as a sponsor unless you’ve got a little green skin in the game.
Real question is how much and where did NOM’s money come from this time…