FEC Filing: NOM gives nearly 50k to defeat David Weprin (NY-9)

[Ian David]

FEC Filing: NOM gives nearly 50k to defeat David Weprin
By Jeremy Hooper
September 7th, 2011 at 4:48 pm

I noted in my weekly wrap how NOM has been simply obsessed with the special election for Anthony Weiner’s former Congressional seat (NY-9), posting near-hourly updates on the race and all its minutiae. Now we know why: Because NOM has nearly $50,000 of their own cash at stake:

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That’s a lot of money to elect a man who told the New York Daily News, “The gay marriage issue is closed, it’s New York state law”… “I don’t see any reason to be using this as a campaign issue.” Doesn’t that go against NOM’s mission in NY state?

Though notice the bulk of this campaign cash isn’t really to elect Turner — it’s to defeat Weprin. That’s what NOM wants: A New York “win” that they can message around. Defeating a man who voted for marriage equality in the state Assembly is but a vehicle for the larger drive.

More:
http://nomexposed.org/2011/09/07/fec-filing-nom-gives-nearly-50k-to-defeat-david-weprin/#.Tmfmuqi3I_K