Marcia Pappas is the New York State president of the National Organization for Women.NOW New York StateNew York Daily News Muslim TV mogul Muzzammil Hassan's alleged beheading of wife, Aasiya Hassan, may be 'honor killing' (February 17th 2009)

She has been called "the most visible activist in New York State"T.G.I.F. speaker program welcomes Marcia Pappas, President NY State National Organization for Women 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."

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.Psychological Gang Bang of Hillary is Proof We Need a Woman President , NOW Press Release, January 11, 2008 Hillary Clinton volunteer profile: Marcia Pappas, The Richmond Democrat, January 28, 2008 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.

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