New York State Senator Reverend Rubén Díaz and NOM

Just in passing, maybe Ruben can get Brian to comply with New York State campaign finance disclosure laws. But I digress.

Diaz writes a love note to Brian Brown and the National Organization for marriage.  Obviously, he doesn't get     nor does he address     the point. NOM said, in writing, that they sought to create a wedge between gay and blacks as well as gays and Latinos. Events confirm that NOM did, in fact, work hard to create that wedge as proxies for the US Conference of Catholic Bishops.


It is abundantly clear that Mr. Diaz is incapable of deciding if his obligations to his constituents are those of an ordained minister or those of a senator who is paid by the citizens of the State of New York.

Did you ever hear anyone refer to Ambassador Reverend Andrew Young? How about Governor Reverend Ted Strickland or Representative Reverend Ron Lewis? Governor Reverend Mike Huckabee? All of these are ordained ministers. I cannot recall the convention that Father Robert Drinan used as a member of Congress. I am pretty sure, however, that he would be in NOM's face. He was also pro-choice and proved to be independent of the bishops. It is interesting that both Catholic priests to serve in Congress (the other being Robert John Cornell of Wisconsin) were both very liberal Democrats.

New York State Senator Reverend Rubén Díaz is  incapable of appreciating the fact that he has been played. 

We Are United

You should know that like many Black and Hispanic members of the clergy in New York and throughout the United States, I am exceptionally grateful for the National Organization for Marriage, and for NOM’s President, Brian Brown.

I write this as a Democrat, as a State Senator and as the President of the New York Hispanic Clergy Organization, which represents tens of thousands of Hispanic and Black Christians.

On behalf of all those churches, I am here to say: I have worked closely with the National Organization for Marriage and I have marched with NOM's President Brian Brown to defend our civil right to be heard in the debate over the meaning of marriage.

Brian Brown and NOM have done something, that no one has been able to do before: they have helped Black and Hispanic people throughout the nation to find our voice when everyone else rejected us and excluded us from the debate.

You should know that NOM has not divided us, it has brought us unity; NOM has given a voice to the voiceless on the marriage issue, and shown us respect for our core, and sacred values on marriage---a respect the mainstream media has consistently denied us.

No New York Times editorial, nor anyone else will be able to sow seeds of dissension between us and NOM in this great effort to protect marriage.

You should know that we will continue to our work with Brian Brown and NOM, and we will continue to praise the Lord for the courageous people He has led into our lives.

I am Senator Rev. Rubén Díaz, and this is what you should know.