The National Organization for Marriage had a shitty year last year. Marriage equality ballot measures passing in Maine, Maryland, and Washington and a defeated Minnesota constitutional amendment capped arguably the “gayest-ever” year for the marriage effort.
For 2013, NOM is once again on the defensive. State legislators in Illinois will push for a marriage equality vote during the current session and President Barack Obama announced his support for such an effort in his home state. Other states, like Rhode Island, Deleware and Hawaii are expected to consider marriage equality this year, as well.
Such action by the Illinois General Assembly, in particular its Republican legislators, has prompted NOM to pledge resources to defeat whoever supports marriage equality legislation.