From Daily Kos: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/01/06/1176169/-Marriage-equality-s-biggest-foe-sees-she-can-t-fight-the-new-family-values
Scott Wooledge
Sun Jan 06, 2013
The nationally syndicated column of Maggie Gallagher, founding president and board chair of the National Organization’s (NOM), is no more. As of Wednesday, syndicator Universal Uclick will no longer be distributing it to the 25-35 papers that carried it.
This is notable because this is another data point reinforcing the conclusion that hardcore social conservatives in general, and National Organization for Marriage in particular, are increasingly becoming marginalized and irrelevant in the national political dialogue.
Speaking with Huffington Post, Gallagher says newspapers are a dying media. She seems to comprehend the gravity of the losses her cause has suffered and says, ” I wanted more time to think. So many people are flailing, I want time to think,” and “I’m considering other projects, but I haven’t made any decisions.”
After NOM experienced what can only be described as a routing in 2012, the front woman for the anti-gay marriage movement is doing a pretty terrible job maintaining her game face. She has predicted that the Defense of Marriage Act will fall at the Supreme Court, courtesy of Justice Kennedy (and maybe Justice Roberts as well, she says). And Wednesday’s column seemed to be more evidence a sense of inevitable doom has overcome her, one that she can’t be bothered to hide. The exact title to her column is “This I believe: Farewell to Optimism.”
It isn’t a particularly unique column, just sort of an overview of her philosophies with regards to the “family values” movement. She speaks in simple declarative sentences: “Every life is precious.” “Men and women are different.” “Sex makes babies.” “On every key measure, marriage is weaker.”
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