You know, if they weren't so damn evil, I just might start to feel a little sorry for the National Organization for Marriage. Okay, not really. But really, this is just getting pathetic.
One would think that an organization with God himself on its side as it crusades to prevent America from going the way of Sodom and Gomorrah wouldn't have to lie so much. But, as NOM has become so bad at its mission of "protecting marriage," lying is about the only thing it's good at anymore. Actually, I take that back--it's not good at lying, either, but that doesn't stop it.
Okay, so we now have marriage equality in 36 states and the District of Columbia, covering the majority of United States citizens, with poll after poll showing how far in the lead we are in terms of public opinion, and with the Supreme Court almost assuredly about to hand down a ruling guaranteeing nationwide marriage equality. Why can't I just let NOM have its little lies? Well, because...I just can't. I mean, look at this, from NOM's Facebook page:
Just what in the hell is that? Not only is it so clearly fake, it's probably the laziest kind of fake. If there were a real NOM rally in front of the Supreme Court, trust me, the camera would have to zoom in quite a freaking bit to get the dozen people in the frame.
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Of course, this isn't the first time NOM has engaged in photo fakery to inflate its numbers. Oh, no, far from it. You might remember NOM's New Hampshire for Marriage promo collage, as reported on and debunked by Jeremy Hooper at Good As You:
If that man speaking to the throngs of marriage equality opponents looks vaguely familiar, it's for good reason. You watched the same man address Congress on Tuesday. Yeah, it's a freaking Obama rally at the Gateway Arch in St. Louis. I mean, really, how stupid are these people? They didn't even crop
Barack Obama out of the picture they used.
Another photo, from the very same site, is lifted straight from another Obama rally in Columbus, Ohio. But hey, at least they got Obama himself out of this one:
Those photo misrepresentations happened in 2011, a year before President Obama came out for marriage equality and certainly before the domino effect that has toppled marriage bans nationwide. Now, NOM is in even worse shape. Lifting photos from Obama rallies was bad enough, but now they're just outright
fabricating them.
Hey, NOM, there isn't a shortage of photos taken at actual NOM rallies. Why don't you use one of these?
Really, you're about to lose big, NOM.
Big. But as long as you're still
begging for money, you'd might as well put the few dollars you pry from anti-gay cranks to good use. No, not by using it to fight against marriage equality, because surely you recognize how lost that cause is. Instead, maybe you should use it to pay somebody actually good with Photoshop so you don't look like such damn fools.
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