May 14, 2009
Princeton Students Protest NOM’s “Gathering Storm”
From the Daily Princetonian, which includes a lively, fun video of imitation NOMbies* wearing Robert George masks and dancing about with umbrellas to protect themselves from the [imagine ominous thuderclap here] “Gathering Storm“:
Princeton students donned black and white cardboard masks of Princeton politics professor Robert George on Wednesday evening to protest his organization’s recent ad campaign.
In light of the legalization of same-sex marriage in Iowa and Vermont, the Princeton-based National Organization for Marriage (NOM) launched a $1.5 million advertising campaign, which has garnered much attention in the media since it first aired in several states last month. NOM was co-founded in 2007 by Maggie Gallagher and professor George. George now serves as the chair of NOM’s board of directors. …
Co-organizers Emily Sung ‘11 and Emily Rutherford ‘12 asked protest participants to wear either business attire or rain gear to satirize the advertisement. The protest was held across the street from the Nassau Street office, which serves as its national headquarters. …
* NOMbie: “Any member of the anti-gay National Organization for Marriage, or NOM; commonly used to describe anti-gay marriage trolls who may or may not be members of NOM, but who infiltrate pro-equality message boards and blogs in order to propagate NOM talking points.” Which is the definition I just now submitted to Urban Dictionary, as I wanted to link to a definition — and was amazed to find no one had yet defined this form of “NOMbie.”
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