The National Organization for Marriage
(NOM) launched a new campaign on Monday to oust New Hampshire
Governor John Lynch.
The $425,000 television and radio
campaign, titled He's Changed, criticizes Lynch for raising
taxes and signing a gay marriage bill into law last year. (The video
is embedded in the right panel of this page.)
“John Lynch has broken promise after
promise to New Hampshire voters,” Brian Brown, president of NOM,
said in a statement. “On the critical issues of the day, John
Lynch has deceived voters. He must be held accountable for his
actions, and this ad campaign will ensure that he is. When Lynch
broke his promise to voters and signed the gay marriage bill into
law, NOM vowed that we would hold him accountable. This is the
fulfillment of our commitment. Unlike Lynch, we keep our word.”
The ad features video footage of Lynch
saying, “I do not support gay marriage.”
“Lynch signed gay marriage into law,”
a male announcer says. “And now he's raising thousands from out of
state gay marriage activists.”
The ad ends with the tag line: “John
Lynch has changed. But not for the better.”
NOM, which earlier worked to repeal gay
marriage laws in Maine and California, spent $200,000 on a similarly
themed ad buy in April. The Lynch Lied campaign, which
combined television ads with
a website, claimed that the governor lied about not increasing
taxes, cutting spending, balancing New Hampshire's budget and his
position on gay marriage.
“Wonder why John Lynch's approval
ratings are way down?” a male announcer asks in the ad.
“Lynch lied to us.”
Lynch's Republican rival, John Stephen,
opposes gay marriage.