Two booths down from GOProud’s booth at the Conservative Political Action Conference was the National Organization for Marriage.

While GOProud is a Republican group that advocates for gay marriage, the National Organization for Marriage is an opposite-sex marriage group.

The NOM representatives had to issue a press release instead of making the following statement when the CNN shot its segment:

“We welcome everyone’s right to participate in the democratic process, but we have a message for GOProud on marriage: If you try to elect pro-gay-marriage Republicans, we will Dede Scozzafava them. The majority of Americans, and the vast majority of Republicans, support marriage as the union of husband and wife, and NOM is here to make sure these voters and their voices are heard loud and clear,” the statement reads.

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