Interesting e-mail I just got from openly gay Republican presidential candidate Fred Karger:
For the past 15 years Maggie has written books, columns and talked to anyone who would listen about the necessity of kids having a mother and a father (even though she didn’t follow her own advice for over a decade).
In 2008 Maggie took it up a notch, and started the National Organization for Marriage with $3 million dollars, to qualify and pass California’s Proposition 8 to take marriage away from millions of Californians. NOM has been labeled a “Hate Group.”
Where’s Your Wedding Ring, Maggie??
As usual, no ring anywhere to be seen
According to WikiAnswers, only 9.3% of American women don’t wear a wedding ring; a pretty small number. Certainly this national champion of marriage whose twitter name is @MaggieMarriage would wear a wedding ring if she was really married.
Tell the Truth, Maggie
Maggie, come clean – did you get divorced?
I first became suspicious when you spoke in Rhode Island two years ago at NOM’s “Celebrate Marriage & Family Day.” If ever there was a day to appear with your husband, that was it.
I even scoured Google images; not one photo of you and Raman. NOM’s Brian Brown is all over Google. There are lots of photos of Brian with his wife and family.
I smell a rat, Maggie. You are the author of a book titled, “The Case for Marriage: Why Married People are Happier, Healthier, and Better off Financially” (on Amazon for only $1.00). Makes sense to me. But why are you so hell-bent on making sure that those of us who happen to be gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender can’t marry?
Put up, or Shut up
Let’s see your marriage license, Maggie. Better yet, let’s see your husband!
I agree with Fred. Where is the hubby of the nation’s foremost promoter of heterosexual marriage? To show how easy it is, here is Jamie and I on our wedding day.
Your turn Maggs. As they say on Internet dating sites, “Pic, please.”
Seems to me that your marriage ceremony was a rather informal affair. Still, I think it is wonderful. My partner and I await the day marriage equality comes to Colorado.
We walked three blocks to City Hall. It seemed a bit much to dress up to sign a piece of paper. Plus, Jamie had to get to work. So, getting all spiffy wasn’t very practical given our tight time constraints. Plus, we were really comfortable!
Formality schormality. You two are in love, and that’s what counts ;-) I wonder if Maggie will reply!
Hey, I would get married in my old ratty T-shirt and pajama bottoms if that is what it would take!
hey – informality ROCKS! we married on our 18th anniversary (in July) in our back yard wearing t-shirts that read “it’s not all about you” (our response to all the political commentary in the newspapers), board shorts (because we planned to be in the pool shortly afterward) – and I was barefoot because with all the stuff to do I never had time to find, never mind put on, my sandals. after the ceremony we had a potluck open house; every hour or so it was a new party as people stopped by to wish us well as they had the time. video of the ceremony played on the living room tv for any who couldn’t attend.
a wedding is a wedding is a wedding is a wedding – and a wedding is whatever you want to make of it. at the end of the day, what mattered to us is that our relationship FINALLY had legal recognition – marriage.
I know some divorced women who still wear their weddings rings when they’re not in the mood to be hit on by men. Granted, that won’t stop some of the slimier variety, but one woman friend and co-worker told me that it does help when you’re in public and just want to be left alone. (She’s a pretty, petite blond).
This is why we should always refer to Maggie Gallagher as Mrs. Srivistav.
you two look very much in love, and it shouldn’t make a difference who you want to marry as long as you are happy and good to each other!
Especially since she’s so on about (opposite genital) marriage being so crucial to society, you’d think she’d wear a ring, if only for show. What’s more, why have we never seen this alleged husband of hers? It makes you wonder.
I’ve been reading other blogs covering this story, and there is some speculation that Maggie may have married Raman Srivistav just so that he could get a green card. It sounds plausible to me. I would expect that the only marriage proposal Maggie would ever get get is from a guy seeking a green card.
“Raman?” …sounds muslim…
are we even sure she is straight???? I have my doubts…maybe she is asexual??? if so then what f**k does should she care who marries who!
I think there is a simpler explanation. She gained a lot of weight and her wedding band no longer fits her. I was maybe 105lbs when I married and am no longer, so I don’t wear my wedding ring either.
If I were the husband and had a job, I would not want to be seen with her in public either. I wonder about the child whose name we cannot say thinks about his mother. The child who got $170,000 “consulting” fee from NOM. I know we have all agreed not to ever talk about the child whose name we dare not say, but privately I wonder.
Mrs. Srivistav’s increased weight could easily explain the ring question, but not the name question.
While increased weight may explain not wearing a wedding band for the average person, Mrs. Srivastav’s entire identity revolves around the imperative of enforcing her religion’s rigid rules on what constitutes a proper traditional marriage. So, why hasn’t Mrs. Srivastav had the ring re-sized to fit? I guess she is so busy persecuting others, that she doesn’t have the time to attend to the niceties of her own marriage.
“Methinks the lady doth protest too much…”
Self-loathing lesbian?
Or perhaps her life is so bereft of love and affection (and a real marriage – hence no ring), that she is compelled to act in an extremely petty and jealous manner towards those whose lives do include those things.
“If I can’t have a real marriage, then I will be damned if The Gays can have them!”
What a sad, tragic little woman.
The weight thing seems obvious, until you realize just how much money goes through that organization. A wedding band resize can’t possibly be that much with her salary.
One other thing: Mrs. Srivistav loves to boast her Catholic card. She married a Hindu. Many parishes still won’t bless an interfaith union, last I checked. (Born Catholic, haven’t attended in several years.)
Having a ring isn’t that expensive. I would think $100.00 would be the upward limit, depending on the metal that the ring is made of. I have had silver rings resized for as little as $10.00 (although to have the ring made a bit smaller), but even an expansion shouldn’t cost that much. So I wonder about Maggie. I have been married almost five years now and I wear my wedding ring with pride and love for my husband. Most women I know do. My mum wore hers all during her marriage, then later gave it to a beloved niece who was getting married. But the point is I know very few married women who don’t wear a wedding ring. Even my in-laws, who are kinda casual Pagans got a set for their 35th. FIL wears the vow renewal band as I guess he didn’t originally have a wedding band and my MIL wears both rings. As I said, something very odd there with Maggie.
Sorry. Meant to say:”Having a ring resized is that expensive”.