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If this turns out to be an easy Turner win, then why? Conservatives are climbing over one another’s backs to take credit. Earlier today I talked to Brian Brown, the president of the National Organization for Marriage, about that group’s effort in the district. They sent out 70,000 pieces of mail in a race that may only have 30,000 voters.
“I don’t think anyone familiar with this district believes that Orthodox Jewish voters are turning on Weprin because of Israel,” said Brown. “The real reason is Weprin’s support for same sex marriage, especially the use of his Orthodox faith to justify it.”
That was a reference to Weprin’s speech in favor of the gay marriage bill that passed, which NOM used to round up opposition to Weprin among not just Orthodox Jews, but Hispanic voters...
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If gay marriage can’t win in Chuck Schumer’s old district why do some GOP bosses insist the party must support it?