...That's a joke :) NOW has done great work for both genders and the Democratic party for over 43 years. Just since Bush took office:
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2000 NOW conference endorses multiple strategies aimed at achieving ratification of a constitutional equal rights amendment.
In October, NOW organizes the U.S. event of the World March of Women; the same weekend NOW Foundation hosts the Women's International Symposium on Health (WISH)
NOW activists across the country campaign against the election of George W. Bush as president. NOW PAC supports the election of feminists across the country, increasing feminists' representation in the Congress.
2001 NOW declares a state of emergency and organizes the "Emergency Action for Women's Lives" in D.C. to call attention to the Bush Administration's anti-woman agenda, including one of his first acts as president -- reinstating the Global Gag Rule which cut off funding to international family planning organizations.
Following the 9-11 attacks, NOW joins labor and civil rights advocacy organizations and speaks out for low-wage workers and calls for a real "economic stimulus" package, including extending unemployment and health insurance for laid off workers. NOW calls for lifting the time limit on benefits for welfare recipients in light of the massive layoffs in the service sector.
NOW immediately begins fighting Bush's judicial nominees, who the organization feels are extremists.
2002 NOW releases report "Our Courts at Risk" and is one of the first groups to press for a filibuster strategy to save Roe v. Wade from extremist judges.
Bush administration "marriage initiatives" targeting women on welfare raise ire, and NOW campaigns for their defeat with op-eds, letters to the editor, and grassroots lobbying.
NOW Launches "The Truth About George" campaign and website, a public information campaign designed to keep the public eye trained on the Bush administration's track record on women's rights, civil liberties, judicial nominees, the environment, the economy and protections for the elderly and the poor.
2002 - 2006 NOW's Women Friendly Workplace Campaign names Wal-Mart a Merchant of Shame because of their sex discrimination policies in hiring, pay and promotions. NOW chapters picket local stores for four years.
2002 Federal Marriage Amendment is introduced in Congress; NOW lobbies against the FMA and continues campaigning for equal marriage rights.
2003 NOW endorses Carol Moseley Braun, the second African-American woman to run for U.S. President
NOW launches campaign to pressure the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to sell emergency contraception over the counter, and to restrict the availability of dangerous silicone gel breast implants.
NOW is a lead organizer and speaker for the 40th anniversary of the 1963 MLK March on Washington
NOW Foundation hosts Women with Disabilities and Allies Summit to draw attention and educate activists on disability rights and accessibility issues.
2004 NOW organizes campaign to expose threats posed to women by the Bush administration's proposed privatization of Social Security.
NOW is a lead organizer of the massive March for Women's Lives in Washington, DC. With 1.15 million marchers, it was the largest civil rights march in US history.
NOW launches its formal Equal Marriage Campaign and committee, and hosts the Equal Marriage coalition meetings at the NOW Action Center. Information Kits are delivered to every member of Congress and chapters receive brochures and organizing materials.
NOW Foundation undertakes campaigns to register voters, particularly women voters, achieving over 7 million voter contacts.
2005 NOW protests Justice Department's "medical guidelines" for treating rape survivors - it fails to mention emergency contraception, a standard precaution against pregnancy after rape.
Second NOW Women of Color and Allies Summit draws hundreds of women to draft an action plan to empower and energize women of color.
NOW declares a State of Emergency upon the resignation of Sandra Day O'Connor, holding a rally and demonstration the following day to demand that O'Connor's replacement be supportive of women's rights and civil rights.
NOW establishes an advisory committee on Mothers and Caregivers Economic Rights.
2006 "Enraged and Engaged" NOW campaign brings activists from across the country to fight the nomination of Samuel Alito to replace O'Connor on the Supreme Court.
NOW is a lead organizer of the huge anti-war march in NYC, the March for Peace, Justice and Democracy in April, as part of NOW's ongoing "Peace is a Feminist Issue" opposition to war in the Middle East.
NOW opposes punitive immigration "reform" measures and participates in national immigrants' rights marches in New York and Washington, DC
2007 In February, the Supreme Court rejects NOW's racketeering lawsuit against Joe Scheidler, Operation Rescue and others, and directs the lower court to invalidate the nationwide injunction that has protected clinics across the country for 7 years.
NOW celebrates "Forty Fearless Years" at the national conference in Albany, New York, which includes a Young Feminist Summit and a tribute to NOW's founders and past presidents.
2008 On September 16, NOW endorsed Barack Obama for president. NOW originally endorsed Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton for president during the Democratic Party Primary.
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