The National
Organization for Marriage intensified its heretofore lackluster
efforts to defeat marriage equality legislation in New York on
Thursday, with the launch of a 30-second television commercial
that warns of unanticipated harms to children, reports
The New York Times.
The National
Organization for Marriage intensified its heretofore lackluster
efforts to defeat marriage equality legislation in New York on
Thursday, with the launch of a 30-second television commercial
that warns of unanticipated harms to children, reports
The New York Times
.
"Think same-sex
marriage doesn't affect your family?" asks the narrator, in
twang-inflected speech that sounds curiously out of step for
the New York market. "Legalizing gay marriage has
consequences for kids."
The spot, which will
run through Sunday in New York City and Albany, aims to tackle
arguments that marriage equality will have no impact on
religious liberty. It is part of $100,000 of media spending
that includes a radio ad. NOM also has paid for automated calls
in more than 24 senate districts and a billboard in Times
Square.
Marriage equality
legislation passed the assembly earlier this month, as it did
in 2007, but its fate remains uncertain in the closely divided
state senate.
One television station
in New York City, WPIX, has refused to air the NOM
commercial.
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