Is Marriage a Winning Issue?

Is Marriage A Winning Issue?

In pursuit of the truth - cinops be gone - Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013

From the “National Organization for Marriage” (NOM) 11/20/12, Brian Brown, President, Frank Schubert, National Political Director

The results the 2012 Election were extremely disappointing on many levels, not the least because of voter approval of same-sex marriages in Maine, Maryland and Washington, and voter rejection of a proposed amendment to the Minnesota constitution defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman….[I read that the Mormons sadly were not involved in these four elections.]

To understand if marriage is a winning issue, let’s compare how we performed compared to the Republican ticket in these four states:

In Maine, our campaign captured 47.4% of the vote, while Governor Romney received 41.2%. We lost by 36,000 out of over 700,00 votes that were cast. If 18,000 people had voted differently, we would have won.
In Minnesota, our campaign got 48.1% of the vote while Governor Romney captured 36.4%.

We lost by 106,000 votes out of 2.9 million cast.

In Maryland, our campaign captured 48.1% of the vote while Governor Romney captured 36.4%. We lost by 94,00 votes out of more than 2.4 million cast.
In Washington State, the ballots are still being counted (which is an all-mail ballot state) but we presently have 48.0% of the vote. Governor Romney received 42.7% of the vote. We trail by 83,000 votes out of the more than 2.1 million counted thus far.

On the average, marriage out-polled the Republican ticket by 6.6% Based on the popular vote in the presidential contest, had this been a national election on marriage we would have won such an election with 55% of the vote….

A strong case can be made that candidates who embrace same-sex marriage are vulnerable to defeat…. In 2011, seven state New York Senators changed their votes and abandoned their constituents to vote in favor of gay marriage. Five of those Senators are no longer in office in large part to election efforts mounted by NOM. We replaced the disgraced Car Kruger (removed from office in a corruption scandal) with a pro-marriage candidate. We forced Senator James Alesi to retire, and helped elect a pro-marriage replacement. We defeated Democratic Senator Shirley Huntley and elected a pro-marriage replacement, Kathy Marchione. And we defeated thirty-year incumbent Senator Stephen Saland, and accomplishment the political class felt impossible….

Moreover, a national post-election survey conducted on election day by Kellyanne Conway’s respected firm “the polling company, inc.” showed that 60% of American voters agree that “marriage is between one man and one woman,” while only 34% disagree. This finding is consistent with a national the same firm’s voter survey conducted in September 2012 which found 57% of Americans supported “defining marriage only as union of one man and one woman,” while just 37% opposed such a definition of marriage. [Lack of money was a key factor in losing.]

We were outspent by $6.6 million in Minnesota ($11.2 million to $4.6 million)
We were outspent by over $3.6 million in Maine ($5.0 million to 1.4 million)
We were outspent by $2.8 million in Maryland ($4.5 million to $1.7 million)
We were outspent by over $9.5 million in Washington ($12.2 million to $2.7 million)

If marriage is worth defending, then people of faith are going to need to step up help fund the cause.

George H. Kubeck, I hope the Supreme Court will decide that same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. Traditional marriage is a necessary part of any conservative/republican election agenda. It is in Texas. It must be in Calif.