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DC: Anti Gay Marriage Group Buying Metro Ads

Saturday, December 26th, 2009

First we learned that the newly passed DC gay marriage law is under attack by Congressman Jason Caffetz. Earlier today we learned about Bob King, who petitioned Congress to allow the issue to go to popular vote.

Now we’re hearing that Stand for Marriage DC, a group that opposes same-sex marriage in the nation’s capital has bought ads from the DC metro system.

In response, another group, Full Equality Now DC, has demanded the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) remove the ads from metro buses. The group feels that it disrespects and discriminates against the LGBT community, an issue of indecency and in direct violation of WMATA’s own policy against discrimination.

Full Story from Gay Vantage: http://www.gayvantage.com/gay-news/anti-gay-marriage-ads-pop-up-on-dc-metro-7562617100/

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Chile: Presidential Candidates Include Gays in Ads; Catholic Church Miffed

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

With three presidential candidates now including images of gay couples in their nightly campaign promotional TV spots, Chile’s Catholic Church is very unhappy.  Espiscopal Conference Monsignor Alejandro Goic on Monday criticized the presence of two gay women, kissing, in Sen. Eduardo Frei’s TV campaign spots. He said Frei’s ad was last minute attempt “to capture voters” and warned that all the presidential candidates should be “aware there are certain principles that all human beings have.”

“I think that in the interest of capturing votes, the candidates bring up a lot of lifestyles that exist and that they want to have a positive message for everyone,” Goic said. “But from my perspective, there is also a limit.”

Frei’s campaign staff quickly responded: “We need to be inclusive, tolerant, and show respect. There are also many homosexuals in the Church and there are people who have also committed crimes of a sensitive nature, such as pedophilia. They exist everywhere and that is why we are not going to be quiet on this issue.”

Full Story from the Santiago Times: http://www.santiagotimes.cl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17700:chiles-catholic-church-upset-with-gay-ads-run-by-presidential-candidates-&catid=49:elections&Itemid=27

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Dueling Gay Marriage Ads from Maine via The Daily Dish

Friday, October 30th, 2009

The anti-gay forces in Maine are ramping up the “gay conspiracy to get your kids” angle in the latest wave of ads. The pro-gay forces continue on the high road. I hope this ends well. Both ads after the jump. They are, in a way, almost poignant examples of the politics of fear and the politics of hope.

Full Story from The Daily Dish: http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/10/doubling-down.html

Planning to marry your partner? Click here for gay marriage resources in Maine.

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