Can you believe that the National Organization for Marriage—a vehemently anti-same sex marriage group who travels the country extolling the sanctity of marriage and crying about how if people from the same sex wed it will all just fall apart (and who, by default, are pretty much ignoring the real threats to their sanctity—such as divorce, spousal and child abuse, and the like)—actually dared to play Peter, Paul, & Mary’s rendition of Woody Guthrie’s folktale classic, “This Land is Your Land,” during their venomous “Summer for Marriage” tour?

This is outrageous on so many levels. For one thing, the song has nothing to do with marriage in any form—nothing. So why the hell play it to begin with? It’s like—as many other people have stated—Regan using “Born in the USA” by Bruce Springsteen as his anthem (or, as I like to point out, silly Sarah Palin using kick-ass Heart’s “Barracuda.”) It doesn’t even make sense. Isn’t there something by Brooks & Dunn or Toby Keith they could use that’s more appropriate and with the performers’ blessings?

Secondly, any fans of Peter, Paul, and Mary (as well as Guthrie, for that matter) know full well that the group would not stand for such outrageous hate and discrimination. And if you didn’t know, you do now: Peter and (Noel) Paul, the remaining two singers from the trio, have written the National Organization for Marriage (looking at the name, I have to say that I’m also disgusted that their abbreviation is “NOM,” which means some type of yummy treat, right? How ridiculous is that?) expressing their concern about their song being played by the group.

They politely but firmly—giving every activist on earth a pretty much perfect example of an angry letter—told the group that they do not support their agenda in any way, shape or form, and in fact are highly supportive of everyone’s right to marry. They requested that the N.O.M. (I just can’t think of them as nom-nom) cease playing their song, and if they don’t, they will attempt to take legal action.

Not only did the two take a simple action to defend their music—as well as that of Guthrie, I believe—but they also took a step against this harmful organization in the process. They stood up for marriage equality in a very classy way, and I applaud them for it. You can too, here.