Brian Brown, the president of the
National Organization for Marriage (NOM), has condemned passage of a
gay marriage law in Delaware.
In a blog post Thursday, Brown said
Tuesday's passage put “pro-marriage constituents on a collision
course with the law.”
“Lawmakers in Delaware chose to
abandon and discard society's most important institution and put
their pro-marriage constituents on a collision course with the law,”
Brown said. “The Senators and Representatives who voted for this
bill have endangered people of faith who believe marriage is the
union of one man and one woman. In Delaware, as in other states that
have redefined marriage, it will not be long before these good men
and women feel the repercussions of this new law.”
Brown, who
earlier predicted that the bill would not pass, added that
marriage equality hurts children, suggesting that the children of gay
couples are worse off than those with no parents.
“For the first time, the state of
Delaware is saying to its children they do not deserve both a mother
and a father, and are backing a law that is designed to intentionally
deprive some kids of either a mom or a dad. It's bad enough when
families break down through divorce or death, but it's unconscionable
when a state encourages this through policies that deprive children
of the love of both a mother and a father. This is a very sad day
for Delaware.”
Republican Senator Catherine Cloutier,
Brown added, “will have to answer for abandoning marriage.”
“We will hold the politicians
accountable for their votes,” Brown
said.