DNC's OFA emails Mainers about tomorrow's election, conveniently forgets to mention the anti-gay ballot initiative

America Blog  Nov 02 09

I'm sure it's just an oversight that the Democratic National Committee's organization, "Organizing for America," sent a "get out and vote message" to Mainers a short while ago, and forgot to mention the number one issue in the state right now, the effort to repeal the right of gay couples to marry in the state.No mention of "No on 1," the campaign to save marriage equality. No mention of how to vote. Nothing. And the Democratic party wonders why it has a problem with the gay community. Joe has written a long post about this over on AMERICAblog Gay.Another White House cocktail party can't be far behind. Full story...

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