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发帖数: 4174 | 1 Brian Brown:
"Obviously we are very disappointed in losing four tough election battles by
narrow margins. We knew long ago that we faced a difficult political
landscape with the four marriage battles occurring in four of the deepest-
blue states in America. As our opponents built a huge financial advantage,
the odds became even steeper. We ran strong campaigns and nearly prevailed
in a very difficult environment, significantly out-performing the GOP ticket
in every state.
Despite the fact that NOM was able to contribute a record amount to the
campaigns (over $5.5 million), we were still heavily outspent, by a margin
of at least four-to-one. We were fighting the entirety of the political
establishment in most of the states, including sitting governors in three of
the states who campaigned heavily for gay marriage. Our opponents and some
in the media will attempt to portray the election results as a changing
point in how Americans view gay marriage, but that is not the case.
Americans remain strongly in favor of marriage as the union of one man and
one woman. The election results reflect the political and funding advantages
our opponents enjoyed in these very liberal states.
Though we are disappointed over these losses, we remain faithful to our
mission and committed to the cause of preserving marriage as God designed it
. Marriage is a true and just cause, and we will never abandon the field of
battle just because we experienced a setback. There is much work to do, and
we begin that process now."
Maggie Gallagher:
The Obama electorate defeated marriage. I’m guessing we lose at least three
of tonight’s four races, and maybe four of the four. We were outspent
eight-to-one — and no one was willing to speak for marriage, while the
whole Democratic establishment and Hollywood campaigned for marriage. Last
night really is a big loss, no way to spin it. |
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