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<\/a><\/p>\nThe National Organization for Marriage<\/a> (NOM) annual \u201cMarch for Marriage\u201d has once again failed\u00a0to resonate, with this year\u2019s event attracting less than 50 people. According to Twitter user Beth Ethier<\/a>, the exact number was 47 \u201cincluding babies.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Attendance at the event<\/a> has plummeted since the inaugural March in 2013. That year, somewhere in the region of 10,000 attended although estimates ranged from 2,000 to 15,000 depending on who was doing the counting. In 2014, around 2,000 people attended while 6,000 are thought to have taken part in 2015 as the event took place the weekend before oral arguments in Obergfell. However, last year that number <\/span>dropped to 250<\/b><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n Brian Brown addressing a crowd of around 30 people at this year’s anti-gay<\/a> March for Marriage #equality<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/mKEMY5TcK2<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Beth Ethier (@missdeutsch) June 17, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n NOM head Brian Brown<\/a> said that the low turnout was caused by scheduling and permit problems. <\/span><\/p>\n Right Wing Watch<\/a> reports:<\/span><\/p>\n Fifteen minutes before the event was scheduled to begin, about 20 adults were milling around an empty stage while several children worked to unfurl large red and blue banners to carry during the march. One passerby wondered whether they were going to a kite festival. Gradually, a few more participants arrived, including five men<\/a> wearing the signature capes of the group Tradition, Family and Property and carrying a \u201cHonk for Traditional Marriage\u201d sign.<\/span><\/p>\n While in previous years, the March for Marriage\u2019s numbers have been increased by various church-sponsored buses and a large contingent bused in by New York state Sen. Ruben Diaz, this year there appeared to be no large groups.<\/span><\/p>\n Brown told the crowd not to be discouraged by their small numbers, comparing their cause to that of abolitionists in the 18th and early 19th century.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe are on the side of truth,\u201d he said. \u201cWe 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\u2019t matter. There were only a few that stood with William Wilberforce when he stood up and said \u2018no\u2019 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\u2019s work was successful, but it wasn\u2019t successful in his own lifetime.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cEvery year, we\u2019re going to be here whether there\u2019s thousands or hundreds or tens\u201d of people, he said.<\/span><\/p>\n Brown told the crowd that he would continue working to ban same-sex<\/a> marriage and would be ready to advance a state same-sex<\/a> marriage ban to get a case before the Supreme Court at the right time.<\/span><\/p>\n Brian Brown surveying the thin turnout for his anti-gay<\/a> March for Marriage, which a few years ago drew 2-3,000 to DC pic.twitter.com\/PXUfmrf9Qn<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Beth Ethier (@missdeutsch) June 17, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \u201cThe court has been wrong and wrong time and time again,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd guess what? The court has overturned its own rulings that were wrong. It\u2019s going to take another justice, maybe two. It may take 20 years, maybe more.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Brown also noted that he has had far more success in recent years spreading his homophobic message outside of the U.S. He spoke about the recent World Congress of Families<\/a>\u00a0conference in Hungary and travels to Romania and Taiwan, where he met with activists working to overturn a court ruling legalizing same-sex<\/a> marriage.<\/span><\/p>\n Watch NOM\u2019s rallying call<\/a> for the march below.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The post Brian Brown\u2019s Annual NOM \u2018March for Marriage\u2019 Attracts Less Than 50 Protesters: VIDEO<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n
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