Gay marriage aka The Sturm might be coming to New York pretty soon.  The bill has passed the State Assembly and Gov. Paterson has said he’ll sign it; we’re just waiting on the State Senate where the chances are kind of iffy.  The National Organization for Marriage started airing the following ad today, entitled “NY Consequences”:

(Pro tip -- note the spell check-free last frames -- “same same [sic] sex marraige [sic]“) [Update: original misspelled video taken down by user.  Spellchecked one in its place]

I put together the following video to illustrate what is in my brain when I watch their ads, read their press releases, etc., using the above ad as an example. 

I still can’t get over the fact that their name is NOM, which is both onomatopoeia for the sound baby animals make while eating and also a popular internet meme and also this organization which ironically shares their acronym. And they have a spinoff called 2M4M, which is not, as one might guess, Craigslist erotic listings shorthand.  How are people that know what the internet is supposed to take them seriously?