One of the most amusing lessons for “astro-turf” anti-gay groups has to be that if you built up a mountain of hate based on not much, then you can lose your mountain pretty quickly too.
That’s what happened to the 290,000 strong contact list and community built up by Louis Marinelli over the last five years. He changed sides and took his 290,000 Facebook fans with him. Now they are all disconnected from each other, and may even be reflecting on their views just as Marinelli forced himself to do. NOM certainly has no way to contact them and whip up further fear and hate.
Looking at it from the other side: I’ve never met a person who changes their mind after they decideare for gay marriage and then changes their mind. I don’t think you’ll see us transferring any large Facebook groups, or any other groups, to the anti-equality side.
Tags: Louis J Marinelli Facebook, Louis Marinelli, Maggie Gallagher, Marinelli Facebook, NOM
