“It makes little sense to claim you care about educational failure, violence and poverty, and then say you don’t care about people getting and staying married,” countered Maggie Gallagher, founder of the National Organization for Marriage. Lack of support for traditional marriage, she said, “is the source of a huge part of these problems in Maryland.”
... “It is sad the the only thing the governor wants to do for marriage is redefine it by cutting it off from its roots” in child-rearing, said Gallagher.
Firstly, I've already addressed the lack of link between marriage and child-rearing, so Mrs. Gallagher is wrong on that count. Though I must commend Mrs. Gallagher, who, despite having a bastard child, is still committed to making sure that no children are born out of wedlock in the future.
Second, it's blatant double-speak to call for people to get married and then actively deny them the right to marry whom they love. It's as if Mrs. Gallagher is telling people to get married, so long as Mrs. Gallagher says it's okay. And NOM's side has the audacity to call equality activists tyrants.
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