Brian S. Brown
| Brian Brown | |
|---|---|
| File:Briansbrown-crop.jpg
Brown speaking at a rally in
Madison, Wisconsin |
|
| Born | c. 1974 Whittier, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Whittier College Oxford University UCLA |
| Occupation | Activist |
| Organization | National Organization for Marriage |
| Spouse(s) | Susan Brown |
| Children | Eight[1] |
Brian S. Brown (born c. 1974[1]) is an American co-founder of the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), and has served as its President since 2010, having previously served as Executive Director. The National Organization for Marriage is a non-profit political organization established in 2007 to work against legalization of same-sex marriage in the United States. NOM's mission is "protecting marriage and the faith communities that sustain it."
Career
<templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>
In 2001, Brown became the executive director of the Family Institute of Connecticut, a socially conservative organization.[2] On February 10, 2002 Brown presented a testimony in front of the Connecticut House Judiciary Committee on HB 5002 and HB 5001.[3]
Brown was NOM's executive director from its founding in 2007 and was additionally named president in 2010, succeeding Maggie Gallagher. NOM led the initiative to pass California's Proposition 8 in 2008.
In 2012, he announced that NOM would launch a global "Dump Starbucks" campaign in response to that company's support for same-sex marriage.[4] In October 2013, Brown announced that The National Organization for Marriage filed a lawsuit in federal court[5] against the Internal Revenue Service for releasing confidential tax documents; the lawsuit was settled for $50,000.[6]
Personal life
Brown was raised in Whittier, California. At age 25 he converted from Quakerism to Roman Catholicism.[2] He has a bachelor's degree from Whittier College, where he was student body president,[1] and a master's degree in modern history from Oxford University, and is a C.Phil. at UCLA.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
