MassResistance’s resolution on “gay marriage” fails in North Dakota Senate after death threats directed at Senators
Had passed the ND House, but angry LGBT pressure bombarded the senators
Senate forced to do secret ballot because of threats, but fears still filled the chamber
Haters on the Left increasingly more dangerous
March 18, 2025
When the resolution came up, this senator immediately brought up the flood of "correspondence" that they all had received - and requested that it be a secret vote.On Thursday, March 13, the North Dakota State Senate took up the MassResistance resolution urging the US Supreme Court to overturn its infamous 2015 Obergefell “gay marriage” ruling.
As we’ve described, the ruling was a move by the activist SCOTUS Justices at the time to take away the rights of the states on this contentious issue and simply impose false marriage on the entire nation. Justices Thomas and Alito have stated that this deeply flawed ruling – similar to Roe v Wade – should be revisited.
The resolution would have no legal standing, but it is a powerful statement of the legislature’s opinion.
On February 24, the resolution passed the North Dakota House of Representatives. That angered the LGBT movement immensely. LGBT websites and legacy media sites across the country (including the Associated Press) fumed about it – and, of course, attacked MassResistance. This encouraged LGBT extremists to come out of the woodwork.
One would expect that there would be broad support for the resolution in the North Dakota Senate. Its 47 members include 43 Republicans and only 4 Democrats. North Dakota’s constitution states that marriage is between one man and one woman. So it shouldn’t have been too hard to get this resolution through the Senate.
But the LGBT movement became unhinged and attacked relentlessly. As the Senate public hearing neared, Senate members even began receiving death threats. One legislator gave some chilling examples, with the basic message of “You need to die,” “I want you to die,” and “You should be dead.” This has never happened before, and the shocked senators took this seriously.
First stop: Senate Judicial Committee public hearing
The first stop was a Senate Judicial Committee public hearing on Wednesday, March 12.
It lasted nearly two hours. There were 45 minutes of public testimony from each side. Then various committee members discussed the resolution.
The nature of the public testimony from the different sides was vastly different.
The pro-resolution side included scientific evidence, constitutional law, religious principles, life experiences, and the consequences and dangers of that lifestyle. People testifying included representatives from pro-family organizations, ex-gays (e.g., Janet Boynes, Pastor Daren Mehl), therapists (e.g., David Pickup, Robert Vazzo), religious people, victims of LGBT aggression (e.g., Aaron Klein), and regular citizens.
This man, an ex-gay testifying via Zoom, didn't hold back. He said, "The LGBTQ rainbow movement is a cult, and I was a victim of it for over 30 years. Obergefell was never about marriage equality or civil rights. It has always been about desensitizing society and normalizing perversion - especially to target children, the mentally challenged, and vulnerable individuals."The anti-resolution people testifying were LGBT activists, including gay couples and parents of gays. Their angry testimony was basically emotional manipulation and emotional bullying. They talked about how the resolution was unkind and cruel, and motivated by hate and bigotry. They said they would lose their rights. They declared the resolution would make North Dakota an unwelcome place, and people would leave the state.
This woman said that most people are reading a bad translation of the Bible, and that the true translation shows that Jesus was not against gay marriage.
This man went on about how much he loves his "husband" and that this resolution will cause him to lose his rights.But because of threats that had poured in earlier, the overall atmosphere in the room was chilling. Senators had continued to receive death threats from enraged opponents of the resolution. And during the committee session, a few senators talked about that.
The Republican-dominated Senate Judiciary Committee would likely have overwhelmingly passed the resolution, as the House committee had.
But because of the threats against them, they decided to give it a “no recommendation” label – meaning neither “do not pass” nor “do pass.” With that label, it moved on to the full Senate.
The full Senate takes on the resolution
The following day, March 13, the full Senate took on the resolution. The chill of the threats against the legislators was thick in the air. The discussion lasted less than ten minutes. Then the Senate took the unusual step of holding a secret-ballot vote on the resolution to protect the members.
But even with the secret vote, legislators were obviously still fearful, and the resolution failed by 16-31. In other words, 27 Republicans caved in.
The senate leader announces the results of the secret vote.The LGBT movement had won this by using their usual unsavory and un-American tactics. But legislators and pro-family people across North Dakota have already told us that they’re coming back next session determined to get this passed!
Final thoughts
The extreme vitriol and ruthlessness of the LGBT movement in reaction to even just a resolution without legal force is how it treats anything – or anyone – challenging its demand for full acceptance and acquiescence.
Perhaps British historian Paul Johnson said it best in his book The Quest for God, recounting the effect of the rise of the homosexual movement in that country:
Thus we began by attempting to right what was felt an ancient injustice and we ended up with a monster in our midst, powerful and clamouring, flexing its muscles, threatening, vengeful and vindictive towards anyone who challenges its outrageous claims, and bent on making fundamental – and to most of us horrifying – changes to civilised patterns of sexual behavior.
An interesting note: After the public hearing, a few LGBT activists were complaining to some senators that one of the people testifying on our side was a sex offender. It was true. He had been molested as a child and, like so many, had tragically gone on to molest others. (“Gay” icon Harvey Milk is another example of that.) This person finally broke out of that horrible cycle, became a Christian, and shares his sad story to warn others.
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