I just got the RoboNOM call that I had written about last month. NOM is the National Organization of Marriage and they're in heavy Robocalling and push polling mode in New York. Although I was caught without my speakerphone and microphone in place !! AGAIN !!
I did act like a right wing nutcase and answered all of their questions as if I were Jerry Falwell resurrected from the dead. It was a lot less fun than I thought it would be.
If you answer all of their questions in the affirmative, you are given the phone number of your New York State senator. In my case, it's Brian X. Foley of Long Island, 631-360-3356. I'm certain that they don't give you his number unless you answer the previous questions in the "proper" way.
They also ask if you would like to help contribute to NOM, I said Yes.
Then they ask if it's OK for a NOMmite to call you for a donation. I said Yes.
Ten minutes later, I get a phone call. Actually it was about three sentences into writing this diary ago. The person on the other end of the phone called herself Shirley and obviously was a heavy smoker. I didn't admonish her for smoking.
She gave me the NOM spiel asked me if I could contribute $75 or $100 today. I told her that I didn't understand. If she wanted to defend traditional marriage, why was concentrating so much effort of keeping people who want to enter into the institution of marriage from joining it? She told me that it's what they believe. I asked her why she wasn't expending as much energy on outlawing divorce.
She thanked me for my time, gave me the address of the MON headquarters which is in NEW JERSEY, spewed forth the URL for the NOMites website and then hung up.
At the very least, I got a number to call my NYS Senator and wasted some of their time.
I accomplished something today.