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03 Nov 2009 06:53 pm
Obama Stays Mum
John Aravosis is upset that the Organizing for America (OFA), an arm of the DNC, has not lobbied against the anti-equality bill in Maine and sent out a message urging people to vote but omitting any mention of the marriage issue. Greg Sargent has more:
The reason this could become a real issue for OFA is that the vote
on the Maine initiative — which would repeal gay marriage — is expected
to be super close. And a loss — particularly one rooted in turnout,
which OFA has the capacity to boost — will result in fierce
recriminations. What’s more, tensions are already so raw because of a host of other
ways gay advocates feel let down by the new president that they may be
even more inclined to point a finger at OFA in the event of a loss.
This one could get ugly.
It is staggering to me that the message discipline from the DNC is so tight that they even forbade OFA from telling Obama-supporters which way to vote on the referendum. It's one more sign, I fear, that the Democratic establishment's opposition to marriage equality is real; and the president's peeps are increasingly determined to do what they can keep us from the right to civil marriage.
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