By their friends shall ye know them

Now joining forces with the Traditional Values Coalition, Family Research Council, Concerned Women for America, American Family Association and a whole host of conservative pundits -- as well as certain members of the Bush administration -- in the valiant fight against that dire threat, homosexual unions, to that great American institution, marriage ...

... the National Alliance!

Far right weighs in on gay marriage

[T]his week, a far-right group called the National Alliance distributed fliers on many Roslindale driveways stating that same-sex marriages are the "latest attack on our family values, which have formed the very basis of White society for time immemorial."

... The Transcript obtained one of the fliers, and it listed a post office box in Hathorne, a small town outside Danvers, as well as a phone number to call. When called, the group's leader explains the group's mission to "take our society back."

The group, based out of West Virginia, has a Web site that encourages bigotry, homophobia, antisemitism, racism and white supremacy.

The group even has a campaign to free a Ku Klux Klan member imprisoned for six counts of firearm possession.

This does not mean, of course, that mainstream conservatives' arguments that gay unions threaten the institution of marriage are the same as those deployed by white supremacists.

They are, however, identical in their logic -- or lack thereof. And it neatly illustrates the way outfits like the NA capably hijack conservative issues as a way to recruit from the mainstream.