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Yes Dave, I was referring to the SPLC report. Even if NOM didn't make the final list, which I'm not seeing, the fact that they made the list of 18 speaks volumes. You provided a link to the report, which explains why NOM was listed. NOM's response is typical of a hate group not wanting to be labeled for what they are. The SPLC has been exposing hate groups for decades, including groups such as the KKK. Their reputation is far more credible than NOM's. Here is more info from the SPLC as to who they are: http://www.splcenter.org/who-we-are

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Marriage is about deciding who your spouse is and legally protecting that relationship with kinship rights. The government has so regulated kinship that only people that the government recognizes can legally be your family. Kinship and family rights include things such as inheritance rights, the right to make medical decisions for an incapacitated spouse, shared property, shared medical and health benefits, social security and pension benefits, the right to sponsor foreign national spouses for immigration, and a myriad of other legal protections that are in place for legally married spouses and inaccessible to those who are not. LGBT activists often mention the over 1,300 benefits denied to LGBT people by denying them marriage, but few itemize them out. These are ways that people in our community are harmed daily because people like Maggie would like to think that there is some sort of copyright on marriage and family. Not all marriages result in children, to say that is the only purpose of marriage is blatantly deceitful. Even so, children who have two same gender parents deserve all the protections of children from opposite gender parented households. The bottom line is that I should not be barred from the benefits of kinship and family status with my spouse simply because of the sex organs of my spouse, nor should any children we raise be forced to live a life of discrimination and inequality simply because people like Maggie don't like gay people. My ability to legally marry the person of my choosing does not affect Maggie, or anyone else. She, her organization, and others like it, need to mind their own business and stop working so hard to keep me and my family and families like mine and Todd Simmon's from the fundamental right to marry, have a family, and grow old with the one you love with the security of basic family law that insures a surviving spouse won't be refused hospital access or be forced to leave the home they may have shared for decades. Enough is enough, and remember, MG's organization, The National Organization for Marriage, has been officially designated a hate group on par with the KKK.

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