Brokeback Priests: Priests tell Gays to Stay Gay

Ben and James go undercover in Boston and get homosexual advice from two Reformed "Catholic" Franciscan Ministers.

NJO: A video titled "Brokeback Priests: Priests tell Gays to Stay Gay" was uploaded to James O'Keefe's YouTube channel VeritasVisuals in the summer of 2009 but was later made "private". As with the Love Thy Prisoner Campaign video, its content was recorded at Boston Gay Pride 2009. The above caption is from the archived YouTube page. The 3 still frames are taken from YouTube via a bit of URL trickery.

Minions / fellow culture warriors involved:

Ben R. Wetmore
Anthony Pombal

Love Thy Prisoner Campaign: Adopt a Jihad Detainee

Uploaded on Jun 22, 2009

Progressives in Boston sign petitions to be pen pals with Guantanamo Bay detainees and put them into their loving homes.

NJO: Title, video and blurb from James O'Keefe's YouTube account VeritasVisuals. It takes place at Boston Pride 2009. The guy with the screwy-up face is Ben Wetmore, the tall guy with the grey cap is of course James O'Keefe, and I believe the guy with the sailor hat and sunglasses is named Anthony Pombal.

Minions / fellow culture warriors involved:

Ben Wetmore
Anthony Pombal

Ben Wetmore posted the video to his blog (mirrored here) on the same day it was uploaded. The comments from the blog post provide insight into the thinking behind the project, so here they are:

Comments:

Convservative Christian said...

Just because someone was picked up and put in Guantanamo, does not mean they are terrorists. As Christ instructs, we are to love even our enemy. As Americans, we ought to especially care for the wrongfully imprisoned, those who have never been given a trial, those who have never been charged, those against whom no evidence has been brought. What do you propose? That we keep them locked up forever and never tried?

September 16, 2009 at 7:35 AM

. said...

Conservative Christian, I think this is where Christianity descends into insanity. I agree to love thy neighbor, and even love thy enemy, but the largest misnomer possible is that you have to 'turn your cheek' to every act of aggression. If that were true, then let a molester violate a child, let a murderer kill your family. Christians can kill with a clear conscience when the cause is just. You can care about someone and understand that there's no room in this world for them. The Christian crusades are the best example of this, and the world would be a better place if Mohammadism had been wiped off the map. The answer short of that is certainly not to let them into your home, and write loving letters to them. The answer is to have a damn spine, a backbone, kill the enemy, hope for the best, and convert those who are able to be converted. Walking into your murderer's sword on some misguided interpretation of Christian pacifism is not noble, it's suicidal. Charles Martel was a great Christian conquerer.

September 29, 2009 at 4:49 PM

Conervative Christian said...

By your response, you still seem to assume that just by being in Guantanamo, you are guilty, even without a trial. Some of these prisoners were just kids when picked up, some of them are Chinese dissidents picked up in the border region between Afghanistan and China, Although China considers them terrorists, that does not mean we, as Americans ought to. Also by your response you seem to assume that everyone killed in the Crusades deserved to die, even the Orthodox Christians mercilessly slaughtered by the Crusaders? Perhaps you should be a bit more thoughtful about who you wipe off the map and not assume that just because your sword has found its way into their gut, they must be guilty. At least you ought to do a little research into who all is being held at Guantanamo before you decide there is no room in the world for them.

October 25, 2009 at 7:46 PM

Ben said...

alright, well let's turn it around, are all the people in Guantanamo innocent? Would you house one who is guilty and released on a technicality? "Christianity" too often gets defined solely by weakness, by this mindlessness which says "help everyone always" and forgets that there are some people who have to be fought, otherwise you turn into a pacifist, a lamb for the slaughter. I don't think that everyone the government locks up is guilty, but I think that those who blindly advocate for shutting down Guantanamo are motivated by self-righteousness and false notions of Christianity rather than reason, forgetting to be as wise as snakes. In fact, I can't condemn you enough without resorting to name-calling. I think your point and your perspective is ridiculous and wrong and self-destructive. You are the intellectual self-immolation of society. And what of Charles Martel? What of the greatest of Christians who saved millions and future billions of souls by having the strength to act in lieu of your philosophical malaise? If only the Viennese had opened their gates to the barbarians and preached love and Christian happiness, surely Suleiman would have laughed and put aside their differences and all would be forgiven.

November 4, 2009 at 1:10 AM

Latinas Declare Sotomayor Racist

Uploaded on Jun 15, 2009

Latinas in Spanish Harlem declare Supreme Court Nominee Sonia Sotomayor a Racist after they reverse her statement to read; "A wise white male would more often that not reach a better conclusion than a Latina."

NJO: Title, video and blurb from James O'Keefe's YouTube channel VeritasVisuals. The other guys in the video are Jordan Young (the loud one) and Roger Masi, friends of James' from Rutgers, and Sean Quigley, who at this point would have been at the end of his junior year at Brown.

Illiteracy Count: 1

1. to read; [Should be a comma or colon]

From the files of Ben Wetmore: "My new group: LTPC"

The "Love Thy Prisoner Campaign" made its debut at the Gay Pride Parade in Boston over the weekend.

People were asked to adopt a detainee, provide a home if they get released, help them with their 'religious needs' and be a friend, a pen pal.

James and I were told that we were "the most truly progressive people here..." and this was at the Boston Gay Pride rally, so, I think that puts us in strong running for the most progressive people in the world.

Fact sheet - Signup sheet

Hopefully you can see where this is going...

Labels: activism, homosexuals, leftists, video

posted by . @ 8:43 AM

NJO: Originally posted at Ben Wetmore's blog (mirrored here), with the following comments:

2 Comments:

At June 15, 2009 5:30 PM ,  Sif said...

You guys are hilarious!

I really wish ppl hadn't taken you seriously... and approved...

At June 16, 2009 11:51 AM ,  Marty said...

Sign me up

From the files of Ben Wetmore: "The death of George Tiller"

NJO: "Benjamin Wetmore: A mentor of mine; a genius", said James O'Keefe in an interview in September 2009. So let's take a look at some of the wisdom of this certifiably mentorial influence on James' life.

Today, from June 2009, "The death of Dr George Tiller":

George Tiller, infamous doctor known for performing partial-birth and late-term abortions in Wichita, Kansas was shot and killed yesterday in his church. The media has been framing this issue as one of violence against a "health" provider, but in reality the current person suspected has virtually no ties to the pro-life movement. Regardless, the death of George Tiller is sad because not only will other confused doctors take his place, but his will become an issue of a fake martyr for the cause of killing children. The emotionally disturbed individual who decided to take a life to save unborn lives ought to have known that given the legal situation in America and the pervasive culture of death, that even by stopping Tiller, sadly, no babies would be saved and the media will jump on the opportunity to defame all pro-lifers. The emotional trauma of abortion, fostered and reinforced by abortionists and the abortion industry, will sadly only be furthered by this act, not alleviated. The violence also denies the powerful opportunity for conversions, such as those by Dr. Bernard Nathanson and Norma McCorvey. The murder of George Tiller inflicts the same emotional distress of the abortions he routinely provided, and will not save any babies. It's a sad day in many ways, not the least of which is the knowledge that thousands more babies are going to die tomorrow.

Lower Chesapeake Sailing Adventure

NJO: Video and blurb from James O'Keefe's personal YouTube account at http://www.youtube.com/user/featherofsteel‎.

Uploaded on May 26, 2009

Memorial Day 2009. Patuxent River across the bay to the Honga river -- and back.

From the files of Ben Wetmore: Obama as Leviathan

NJO: "Benjamin Wetmore: A mentor of mine; a genius", said James O'Keefe in an interview in September 2009. So let's take a look at some of the wisdom of this certifiably mentorial influence on James' life.

Today, from May 2009, "Obama as Leviathan" (mirrored here):

I made this Obama Leviathan graphic, both with graphic images and without, based on this infamous cover to Thomas Hobbes' classic work, The Leviathan. Alas, the only consistent comment from friends seems to be that they don't initially see 'it' and then when they do I don't hear anything further.

From the files of Ben Wetmore: "A Plan to save 3,636 babies a year by shutting down 6 clinics and developing a best practices [sic] to shut down more nationwide"

NJO: "Benjamin Wetmore: A mentor of mine; a genius", said James O'Keefe in an interview in September 2009. So let's take a look at some of the wisdom of this certifiably mentorial influence on James' life.

Today, from March 2009, "A Plan to save 3,636 babies a year by shutting down 6 clinics and developing a best practices [sic] to shut down more nationwide"

Source: http://benwetmore.com/documents/MCFL/proposals/MCFL_ClinicShutdown-proposal.doc [Now a dead link]

A Plan to save 3,636 babies a year by shutting down 6 clinics and developing a best practices to shut down more nationwide

Massachusetts Citizens for Life

Prepared by: Ben Wetmore

For the Gerard Health Foundation’s consideration

March 30, 2009

People want to close abortion clinics and are not sure how.  Some have been closed, but pro-lifers are not sure what universal tactics work and which closings were instead providential.  Through this grant, Massachusetts Citizens for Life will take the methods used by pro-lifers nationwide and test them, track what works and learn the best ways to close clinics.  The beautiful side effect of this research will be the shuttering of clinics.  We will publish the findings and let pro-lifers nationwide know what worked in Massachusetts.  If the tactics work in a state as pro-abortion as the Bay State, it can work across the nation.

Most of the previous efforts were undertaken by volunteer organizations, and their successes were primarily anecdotal.  But anecdotes are not transferable.  The lack of serious media coverage has also hurt our ability to find out what truly closes a clinic.  The methods have never been measured in a scientific and analytical way, and approached using paid staff having this as a full-time job.

From the files of Ben Wetmore: "A plan to save 1,170 babies a year in the state of Massachusetts through the passage of an informed consent law utilizing political pressure"

NJO: "Benjamin Wetmore: A mentor of mine; a genius", said James O'Keefe in an interview in September 2009. So let's take a look at some of the wisdom of this certifiably mentorial influence on James' life.

Today, from March 2009, "A plan to save 1,170 babies a year in the state of Massachusetts through the passage of an informed consent law utilizing political pressure".

Source: http://benwetmore.com/documents/MCFL/proposals/MCFL_LaurasLaw-proposal.doc [Now a dead link]

A plan to save 1,170 babies a year in the state of Massachusetts through the passage of an informed consent law utilizing political pressure

Massachusetts Citizens for Life

Prepared by: Ben Wetmore

For the Gerard Health Foundation’s consideration

March 30, 2009

On September 13, 2007 Laura Hope Smith, a 22 year old girl who was 13 weeks pregnant, died during an abortion.  The tragedy of losing both grandchild and daughter was not lost on her mother, who was shocked and angered because Laura had been raised in a pro-life and Christian household.  As the details unfolded, it became clear that the initial decision that Laura made to abort was not the choice she would have made if given the correct information about the risks to abortion, information on fetal development, and the ultrasound picture that the abortionist had already taken.

Informed consent laws have been passed in various forms in 33 states.  Such laws are often non-controversial and not seriously opposed by the abortion industry.  Social science researcher Dr. Michael New has shown that such laws have on average a clear reduction in the abortion rate by .86% in the overall abortion rate on average.  The sporadic judicial nullification of such laws has made it clear as to their impact by showing the subsequent spike in abortions in a year following nullification.  As Massachusetts’ abortion rate is currently 19.9 per thousand women of reproductive age, reducing that through passage of such a law to 19.04 per thousand women of reproductive age would save 1,170 babies a year.

Bailout Prize Patrol

Uploaded on Feb 22, 2009

Taxpayers Clearing House Prize Patrol delivers large checks to Citibank and Amtrak, gets them signed by Sen. Snow, Sen. Schumer, confronts Tim Geithner with wads of cash and delivers invoices to taxpayers.

NJO: Title, video and blurb from YouTube channel RightOrg.

Minions / fellow culture warriors involved:

Jonathon C. "Jon / John" Burns
Ben R. Wetmore
Jordan Young
Audrey Andrews
Roger Masi
Kevin Nedza
Candice Greaux

ACORN breaks into foreclosed homes - criminal trespassing.

Uploaded on Feb 21, 2009

The community group (I use this term loosely) ACORN, breaks into foreclosed homes, moving the previous owners back in. This is criminal trespassing. This story was reported by WJZ TV in Baltimore. The home in this video had already been sold by the bank and had new owners. My question is, why doesn't ACORN use the money that Barack Obama has given them, to repurchase the homes and give them back to the previous owners?

NJO: Title, video and blurb from YouTube channel NAGGERNUTZ. This is the source for the video that James O'Keefe would later cite in this article. I include it here to provide background for the rest of the posts on ACORN.

Men in Skirts Use Women's Restroom at Mass. Marriott Hotel

Uploaded on Mar 12, 2010

Transgender madness in Massachusetts: The Peabody Marriott Hotel hosted the annual "First Event" transgender conference on January 15-17, 2009. These photos and videos illustrate the insanity that will descend on all of America . . . unless this sexual radical movement is stopped: Seven-foot men in dresses using the women's restroom. Hundreds of cross-dressers swarming the hotel, upsetting other guests (who were not forewarned). A transgender rock concert.
This is what protecting "gender identity and expression" really means.
Mass. Bill H1728 (now before the Legislature) would punish any opposition to such madness with fines and jail time. Even schools would be opened up to cross-dressing children, transgender restrooms and locker rooms, and sports teams. Employers would be subject to new non-discrimination regulations. (At the federal level, ENDA would force this on the country if passed.)

NJO: Title, video and blurb from MassResistance's YouTube channel. MassResistance is an anti-LGBT hate group. The videographer is explicitly identified as James O'Keefe in this footnote on the blog of MassResistance activist Amy Contrada, and also in this post from MassResistance.org.

From the files of Ben Wetmore: "Center-right Moral Crusades: 'Get mad, get mad dog mad'"

NJO: "Benjamin Wetmore: A mentor of mine; a genius", said James O'Keefe in an interview in September 2009. So let's take a look at some of the wisdom of this certifiably mentorial influence on James' life.

Today, from November 2008, "Center-right Moral Crusades: 'Get mad, get mad dog mad'":

Too often those on the right are content to give charts, statistics and pristine figures for our arguments. We let the other side roll out fake grandmothers, women lying about recycling cans for food, fake claims of hate crimes and wonder why, even when these incidents are proven wrong time and time again, we keep losing to people. 
 
Only when one confronts a leftist who is screaming about the tragic death of Matthew Shepherd and points out that it had nothing to do with his homosexuality and everything to do with a drug deal gone wrong, does one understand the mentality of the other side. When they learn the truth they simply don't care, they keep screaming about hate crimes. 

So this isn't a claim to become as irrational as the other side, or merely to parrot back opposing moral outrage to our issues somewhat artificially. No, we ought to set our own real priorities, examine how the proposals on our side and theirs affect real people, and then apply real instances that have a strong emotional appeal for those who are not well educated on our topics. 

The emotional appeals can become a hook from which they learn the facts and the figures and statistics that show that our side is truthful and honest about these problems, but we can't forget that crucial middle point of attracting people in the first place through emotional appeals to become interested in our topics and solutions.

- issue - normal appeal - emotional appeal - leftist rebuttal - addressing their rebuttals Affirmative Action "fairness" and "merit" Whites are pushed out; all races are taught to look down to blacks; blacks are set up to fail in jobs or in colleges they aren't ready for minorities suffered through slavery, and now suffer through unequal access to advancement slavery is about controlling someone's destiny, and now we have the state controlling and managing people's destinies due to race Abortion "Rights" of the unborn The girl who survived an abortion: Gianna Jennssen Back-alley abortions Gianna survived a back-alley abortion, what does that make her? Bureaucracy Inefficiency the the the Business Regulation "Overregulation" the the the Christian Assaults "Freedom" Attacks on nuns, hurting nuns "Separation of Church and State" The state is busy separating the Church from the people, hurting nuns and suing nuns Taxation "Individual rights" and "Capitalism" Business owners who can't afford daycare Poor people need our help If poor people had jobs, they wouldn't be poor, and would be taxpayers Environmentalism High regulatory costs Suffocation of new industry and the creation of new jobs for immigrants, minorities, the uninsured and poor people the the Foreign Wars Usually a mind-numbing pro-war, pro-bombing mentality that does us no good. National bankruptcy; military deaths that will only lead to more future conflicts and, sadly, more deaths Body bags These wars come about because of Democrat policies, and Democrat weakening of the military Immigration "Border Security" Crimes by immigrants, victims of border insecurity, sex crimes Javier who "does the jobs white people won't take" and is just trying to earn money to send back home to Tijuana the Healthcare "Socialism" Deaths due to bureaucracy; elderly deaths due to rationing; denial of care The "Uninsured" the Tuition Needless bureaucratic growth Tuition slavery as undergraduates spend ten years paying off debt Student "services" the

topics we ought to be worked up over: Abortion Abortion activism Abortion healing Academic standards Alternative media Courtship Homosexual therapy Marriage Tuition Unionism and we should develop ways to do grassroots organizing around these topics leftists organize around: Domestic violence Racism Sexism

Pro-life activists not ashamed to use the tactics of the Left against them

By James O’Keefe

In February 2008, Lila Rose and I released our second undercover investigation of Planned Parenthood. We were able to donate money to the organization for the explicit purpose of reducing the number of black babies born in the United States – in line with the intentions of Planned Parenthood’s founder, Margaret Sanger.We carefully chose a dozen or so “one party consent” states, where it is legal to audio record someone without their consent. Not a single Planned Parenthood employee we spoke to was disinterested in the prospect of a donation for our stated purposes. We asked that our donation to be earmarked for minority mothers only. Autumn Kersey, vice president of development for the Idaho division of Planned Parenthood, actually confessed she was “excited” about the donation. We received nationwide news coverage for our sting operation and put Planned Parenthood on the defensive because of its advocacy of black genocide.

While many pro-life organizations across the country continue focusing on development, this investigation was far more effective, as it managed to expose Planned Parenthood’s original intentions and raise awareness using telephones and a public university’s video editing program.

This kind of political technology needs to be further utilized by young conservative activists. When I was editor of The Rutgers Centurion, the conservative newspaper at Rutgers University in New Jersey, I convinced administrators to ban Lucky Charms cereal on the grounds it is offensive to Irish Americans. This was done to satirize political correctness on campuses, using what legendary leftist activist Saul Alinsky called the most effective political tactic of all – mockery. It was a win-win scenario: If they did not ban Lucky Charms, they would appear to be biased against Irish Americans. If they did, they would be branded as ridiculously sensitive, as was the case. Likewise, either Planned Parenthood accepts donations from racists, or they must reject the view of their founder, Sanger, as racist.

We framed the issue in a creative way. We did not tackle abortion conventionally but from the racism angle. Because leftists believe that racism is a cardinal sin, we used their rules against them.

Alinsky believed in doing whatever necessary to disrupt and annoy power structures, applying constant pressure and opposition. Applying some of his tactics from “Rules for Radicals,” we (a) never went outside our own experience, (b) went outside our opposition’s experience, (c) used enjoyable tactics and did not spend too long on any particular one and (d) made people believe we were a 1,000 member coordinated conspiracy when there are really only three of us. Many in the pro-life movement criticize using deceit in exposing the racism and absurdity in the abortion movement, but are willing to condemn Planned Parenthood for what we exposed utilizing those tactics.

Many students around the country have nodded in agreement with my theories on activism, but they fear doing what it takes to make them happen. The movement dies when it becomes boring and risk-averse. The hardest part about being a leader is getting people to focus on action in addition to philosophy. If you must spend time “convincing” anyone of anything, it is that they owe it to their philosophy to take action. In the pro-life movement it has been particularly difficult to find people to believe in these tactics, or have the courage to use them.

Leaders taking on power structures need to be raw, confident, fearless and impermeable. Lila received a letter threatening to prosecute the group for violating wiretapping laws, but it did not stop her from continuing the investigation. After the investigation aired nationally on Fox News, Planned Parenthood could no longer press charges, as Lila would appear the victim.

Activists should always be forward thinking and compound successes immediately. For example, pro-life activists across the country could easily replicate our racism project locally by demanding Planned Parenthood be banned from their respective community or campus. “Shut down Planned Parenthood because abortion is murder,” simply will not work. The demand should frame the issue in leftist terms, making it harder to say no. It could be something like “We strongly oppose racism at Springfield State. To honor Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy, we demand that Planned Parenthood be disaffiliated from campus.” It will be very hard for a town or campus bureaucrat to say “no” to anything that claims to honor MLK Jr.

Most importantly, conservative activists need to be their own media, and use their independent media to obtain their goals. In our situation, You Tube decided to arbitrarily ban Part II of our investigation, which had received tens of thousands of views, because it violated the “Terms of Use.” To my knowledge there was nothing in our videos that constituted a violation. We were more likely targeted due to our message, considering that there are millions of other videos that break copyright laws or contain sexual or violent material that are ignored. It is crucial to maintain independent broadcasting capabilities in print and online to get the word out.

The media coverage gained from our investigations is fun but fleeting. Media is unfortunately thought to be an end, but it should be a means. The purpose of our investigation was not just to get on Fox News but to get Planned Parenthood banned from UCLA. If we are successful, this story will likely make the Los Angeles Times and Larry King Live. This would, in turn, encourage others and lead to results so significant across the country that the mainstream media will not be able to ignore them.

Through all of this, your purpose and goal must be clear. We are not doing this just for fun or to embarrass Planned Parenthood; we want to stop them from continuing their murderous activities once and for all. 

NJO: This was originally posted at newguardmag08.blogspot.com.

 

From the files of Ben Wetmore: "Restructuring Leftist's Fancy Language"

NJO: "Benjamin Wetmore: A mentor of mine; a genius", said James O'Keefe in an interview in September 2009. So let's take a look at some of the wisdom of this certifiably mentorial influence on James' life.

On this day, "Restructuring Leftist's Fancy Language [sic]":


If you read enough leftist literature, especially college-oriented texts, you find a variety of words that only make sense in context, ones that you've never heard in normal conversation. Such gems as "heterosexist" and "pseudovalues" or "moral pathologies" or "neocolonization" are bandied about as though, well, as though they're real words.
 
And God bless these leftists, they are incapable of producing one dollar worth of real value, or "value" to our postmodern readers, to the economy but are remarkably creative and productive when it comes to making up words, or, bear with me, "pro-neovernacular construction."

And while these leftists are busy making up new words, we're faced with the challenge of figuring out what the hell they mean, and also dealing with the inherent connotations that these new words bring. We're always playing defense! We ought to go out of our way to define their crazy thoughts with the same flair that they obviously enjoy ridiculing our principles.

This exercise is also pertinent to the longer discussion about the tactics of pivot-point and also the Leesburg grid.

So, in the pro-neovernacular constructionist spirit, we've listed out some fancy new words to describe leftists on the left and would love to hear any input or suggestions that you might have to add to, amend or correct any of the words and phrases. As you can see, we could always use the simple answers to describe them, but the fancy language just makes it sound so much better.

-	their fancy language	-	normal language	-	our fancy language	-
	Marxist		Thief		neocollectivist rationalizer
	Queer		Pervert		anal-centric hypersexualist
	Pro-"Choice"		Pro-Abortion		infant termination apologists
	Clinic Doctor		Abortionist		infant terminator
	Feminist		Man-hater		Woeman - antiphallic gender discriminator
	Postmodernist		Idiotic		pro-definitionless
	Relativist		Coward		subjectivist
	Deconstructionist		Whiner		academically intolerant
	Religious Hater		Atheist		deistiphobic
	Communist		Red Bastard		Genocidal communitarian
	Lesbians		Dykes		vaginal hypersexualist
	Pornographers		Degenerates		sexual addict and social sexual infector
	Neoconservative		Liberal		Democratic Imperialist
	Radical Blacks		Uppity		Afrikan reinventionist
	Racial Instigators		Outside Agitators		Corporate racialists
	Modernists		Modernists		Ageists - elderly intolerant

Non-Gay Men with Girlfriends get Married to Each Other

NJO: Title, video and blurb from James O'Keefe's YouTube channel VeritasVisuals.

Uploaded on Nov 16, 2008

Two Heterosexual men obtain three marriage licenses in Auburn, Worcester and Southborough, MA. They tell the county clerks they're marrying for benefits sake, they have girlfriends, and they will soon get divorced.

In James' speech to the American Chesterton Society in 2010, he offers some insight into the thinking behind the video:

"When I visit these government bureaus in my investigative videos I find that nothing shocks people anymore. Nothing shocks a bureaucrat. There's a sense of soullessness in the way they conduct their affairs. In other video I got married. Now I am heterosexual, and I got married to a male friend of mine. I got a marriage license saying I want to get married and get divorced in a week; I just want the benefits. And they married me. They didn't blink an eye."

Also the Washington Examiner had a short article about the video in 2010 which has since been scrubbed. This from the archived page:

Say what? O'Keefe tried to marry a man in 2008

[...]

Like a scene out of "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry" O'Keefe and his friend Ben Wetmore attempted to legally marry in the commonwealth of Massachusetts for "insurance purposes." But unlike the 2007 film, the two made it clear to city workers and O'Keefe's hidden cameras that they were not gay, and had girlfriends. They said the marriage was merely for benefits and the two intended to divorce.

"I just want to make sure, is it OK that we're not gay?" O'Keefe asks in the video.
When Yeas & Nays asked O'Keefe for comment on the video, he said, "Ben and I were investigating the way soulless government bureaucrats treat the institution of marriage in Massachusetts. 'It's just a piece of paper, right?'"

Minions / fellow culture warriors involved:

Ben R. Wetmore

Ben Wetmore

Ben Wetmore and James O'Keefe are both former students and employees of The Leadership Institute in Arlington, Virginia. Wetmore was the Institute's Director of Student Publication Workshops 2004-2006, and O'Keefe was one of its Field Coordinators in 2007.