Anti-Gay Group Pushing Dem Over Gay GOPer Backfires Spectacularly

Candidate Seth Moulton for 6th Congressional District speaks during his election night party in Salem, Mass., Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/The Boston Herald, Chitose Suzuki)
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It’s not every day that the anti-same sex marriage National Organization for Marriage endorses a Democrat over a Republican, but that’s exactly what happened in the race between Democrat Seth Moulton and former Massachusetts Senate Minority Leader Richard Tisei, who is openly gay.

To be clear, Moulton (pictured), does not oppose gay marriage, as the Metro Weekly’s Justin Snow noted. Moulton, in response, rejected NOM’s endorsement.

“Seth Moulton fundamentally disagrees with everything NOM stands for and has long said that equality is the civil rights fight of our generation,” Moulton communications director Carrie Rankin told MetroWeekly.

Rankin also pointed out that Moulton’s brother is gay.

Tisei is one of a number of openly gay Republicans NOM has targeted recently. Brian Brown, the president of NOM, has also encouraged supporters to back Moulton over Tisei. In a fundraising email he said that it’s better to support Moulton than to have a gay Republican in Congress who opposes “the values of marriage, family, and life” that is the core of the Republican Party’s platform.

RealClearPolitics rates the race between Moulton and Tisei for Massachusetts’ 6th Congressional District as leans Democrat.

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  1. Avatar for agio agio says:

    Moulton really seems like a good guy. I’m not in his district but I still hope he wins.

  2. Avatar for bkmn bkmn says:

    NOM’s little (it is getting almost as small as Brian Brown’s dick) world continues to shrink to the point that they are now endorsing a candidate who supports equality just to spite the gay republican. It really shows they just hate the gay, nothing else.

  3. “Seth Moulton fundamentally disagrees with everything NOM stands for and has long said that equality is the civil rights fight of our generation,” Moulton communications director Carrie Rankin told MetroWeekly.

    AWESOME. Glad he spoke up and made clear he wants no part of this hate group. Good for him.

  4. Gay Republican , is that like a Nazi Jew.

  5. Avatar for korvu korvu says:

    Ha! And they thought that clipping the red wire would defuse the bomb.

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