Brian Brown, the president of the
National Organization for Marriage (NOM), believes opponents of gay
marriage will prevail with passage of a federal marriage amendment.
In a blog post outlining the group's
strategy to reverse the gains of marriage equality supporters, Brown
notes that opponents have “faced tough battles before – and
prevailed.”
“We passed Proposition 8 in
California, when everyone said it would be impossible!” Brown
wrote. “It was only through judicial and political corruption that
politicians like [Governor] Jerry Brown and [Attorney General] Kamala
Harris were able to abandon the voters, and a single homosexual judge
was allowed to invalidate it.”
“We're demanding that the [Rep. Tim]
Huelskamp marriage protection amendment come before the full House of
Representatives for a vote,” he added.
(Related: Tim
Huelskamp's proposed federal gay marriage ban has 28 co-sponsors.)
Proposition 8 was found to be in
violation of the U.S. Constitution after a federal judge held a
groundbreaking 13-day trial. Brown pointed to its demise in the
course of advocating for a similar federal version of the ban.
Brown
added that NOM is also working “to win the fight for marriage
in the court of public opinion and in the culture at large.”