Marcia Pappas

Marcia Pappas is the New York State president of the National Organization for Women.[1][2]

She has been called "the most visible activist in New York State"[3] and has said that Sarah Palin’s nomination as the 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate was "an obvious play for the support that Hillary Clinton got in the primaries."[4]

In support of Clinton, she wrote a press release entitled "Psychological Gang Bang of Hillary is Proof We Need a Woman President", likening the reaction of Barack Obama and John Edwards to a gang rape.[5][6] Pappas was strongly critical of the Stupak-Pitts Amendment, which places limits on taxpayer-funded abortions in the context of the November 2009 Affordable Health Care for America Act.

References

  1. ↑ NOW New York State
  2. ↑ New York Daily News Muslim TV mogul Muzzammil Hassan's alleged beheading of wife, Aasiya Hassan, may be 'honor killing' (February 17th 2009)
  3. ↑ T.G.I.F. speaker program welcomes Marcia Pappas, President NY State National Organization for Women
  4. ↑ New York Observer: N.O.W. Chairwoman: Look at Issues, Not Gender (Sept. 3, 2008)
  5. ↑ Psychological Gang Bang of Hillary is Proof We Need a Woman President, NOW Press Release, January 11, 2008
  6. ↑ Hillary Clinton volunteer profile: Marcia Pappas, The Richmond Democrat, January 28, 2008


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