Brian Brown used to draw 1000s to protest marriage equality.This year they'd be dwarfed by rush hour car on red line pic.twitter.com/Fj3dboOf9N
— Beth Ethier (@missdeutsch) June 17, 2017
Brian Brown addressing a crowd of around 30 people at this year's anti-gay March for Marriage #equality pic.twitter.com/mKEMY5TcK2
— Beth Ethier (@missdeutsch) June 17, 2017
Right Wing Watch reports that NOM's president Brian Brown blamed permit problems for the complete lack of interest in the hateful event. He told the few people who did turn up not to be discouraged by the low turnout, affirming that they are the ones in the right. Sure ... “We are on the side of truth,” he said. “We are on the side of true human rights, we are on the side of true civil rights. And in every fight for civil rights, it took a creative minority who were willing to stand up and speak truth to power no matter what the cost. And you know what? There may not be thousands of us here today. It doesn’t matter. "There were only a few that stood with William Wilberforce when he stood up and said ‘no’ to the slave trade in England. He was mocked, he was derided, he was laughed at. We remember him as a hero now, because ultimately his life’s work was successful, but it wasn’t successful in his own lifetime.”Brian Brown surveying the thin turnout for his anti-gay March for Marriage, which a few years ago drew 2-3,000 to DC pic.twitter.com/PXUfmrf9Qn
— Beth Ethier (@missdeutsch) June 17, 2017
