Brian Brown, president of the National
Organization for Marriage (NOM), believes his side will either win or
lose at the Supreme Court.
After the Supreme Court announced that
it would hear arguments in cases challenging gay marriage bans in
four states, Brown sounded optimistic, saying he was “confident”
the high court would uphold the bans.
“We are confident that the Supreme
Court has chosen the 6th Circuit case in order to affirm the finding
of the appeals court, just as it did in the cases of Windsor v.
United States and Sabelius v. Hobby Lobby,” Brown said
last week. “We will be watching this case closely and anticipate
an eventual victory for the democratic process, religious liberty,
and the cherished institution of marriage which forms the very
bedrock of our society.”
In a statement issued Tuesday, Brown
acknowledged that there's a chance his side could lose at the Supreme
Court. In fact, he appeared to be preparing arguments to downplay an
eventual defeat.
“I have to tell you that I am totally
pumped to finally get our day in court. I think the mainstream media
is wrong and it will turn out that we win this case!” Brown said in
a blog post.
“I just don't see how Justice
Kennedy, likely the swing vote, can distance himself from the strong
reasoning he used in the Windsor case where he said that
states have historically regulated marriage and the federal
government could not substitute its judgment for the decision of a
state.”
“I have met some people who are
fatalistic and passive in the face of a pending Supreme Court
decision, feeling that it's a fait accompli that the US
Supreme Court will go against us.”
“Look, maybe in the end we will lose
before the courts – I don't think we will but I don't have a
crystal ball – but we will never lose marriage because marriage is
a universal truth. And regardless, defeatism is a recipe for
disaster, a byproduct of the gay 'marriage' lobby's carefully crafted
strategic plan: to convince ordinary Americans that the battle is
already lost and to give up the fight.”
“It doesn't matter what judges or
politicians have to say about the issue,” he added. “There are
many other types of relationships that may contribute to human
flourishing, but they are not marriage. Only the faithful,
monogamous, permanent union of a men and a woman is a marriage. That
is the reality of what marriage is, whether the law ultimately
recognizes it or not.”