Seth Moulton
In case anyone had any doubt that the charmers at the National Organization for Marriage just hate gay people, take a look at Massachusetts' sixth district and the House race between Richard Tisei, a gay Republican who thinks LGBT people should have rights, and Seth Moulton, a straight Democrat who also thinks LGBT people should have rights. NOM is spending around $4,000 urging conservatives to vote for Moulton, support Moulton would really rather not have. NOM
claims its distaste for Tisei is about his positions on the issues, but its logic there isn't real logical:
“The National Organization for Marriage urges you to refuse to vote for Richard Tisei. In fact, we ask you to vote for the Democratic candidate, Seth Moulton, even though Moulton is also wrong on the issues,” Brown wrote. “The reason for this is that Moulton can’t do any damage as a Democrat in a House of Representatives controlled by Republicans, and we can work together to elect a true conservative in two years to replace him. But Richard Tisei serving as a supposed Republican in a House controlled by Republicans can do great damage, and could end up holding the seat for decades.”
Ha, yeah. In a presidential election year in Massachusetts you're totally going to be able to elect a far-right candidate where a pro-gay, pro-choice Republican failed in a Republican-friendly midterm. Moulton is far more likely than Tisei to hold the seat for decades, and would likely still be there the next time Democrats control the House. No, this isn't just about ideological purity.
Moulton is not playing along:
Asked whether Moulton would welcome or reject votes cast in his favor by NOM supporters, a spokesperson for Moulton responded, “Reject.”
“Seth Moulton fundamentally disagrees with everything NOM stands for and has long said that equality is the civil rights fight of our generation,” said Carrie Rankin, Moulton’s communications director. “Fighting against groups, like NOM, that deny equality as a basic human right will be a priority of Seth’s in Congress.” Rankin noted that Moulton has a gay brother and Moulton has said, “It’s fundamentally wrong that he and I don’t share the same rights just because of who he is.”
Of course, NOM's $4,000 isn't likely to sway a lot of votes. It's just another statement of how far they'll go to show they're bigots. At this point, solidly losing on the actual issue of marriage, showing that is what they've got left.