ARLINGTON, Va. — The Campaign for American Values political action committee has launched a new advertising campaign aimed at independent voters and Democrats unhappy with the President’s position on same-sex marriage.
In the 30-second spot, titled “New Morning,” a couple discusses how “Obama is trying to force gay marriage on this country.”
“That’s not the change I voted for,” says one of the actors in the ad.
A “Vote Romney/Ryan” graphic then flashes across the screen as another actor says they can instead “vote for someone with values.”
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As delegates and the democratic faithful gather in Charlotte, N.C., where the Democratic National Convention is currently underway, the ad is running on nearly every media outlet in the city and around the state.
Earlier this year, voters in North Carolina approved a constitutional amendment defining marriage as solely between a man and a woman, effectively banning same-sex marriage.
North Carolina is considered a key swing state, with the latest polling showing GOP nominee Mitt Romney only with a slight lead of 47.3 percent of the vote, compared to President Obama, at 45.3 percent.
Obama announced his support of marriage equality just one day after North Carolina’s amendment passed; his re-election campaign has since criticized Romney for his outspoken support of a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage at the federal level.
On Monday, the Democrats unveiled a party platform that called for the “freedom to marry” for gays and lesbians — the platform was approved earlier Tuesday with no dissent.
The GOP platform, approved at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., last week, calls for a federal ban on same-sex marriage
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And the bigot machine starts spinning.
I can’t believe what I’ve just seen.
Wild. I remember hearing a lot about how American values were all about personal and religious freedom. I’m so confused.
Equality is deserved by all not just heterosexuals
People are so dumb. you’d think with all the money they could hire better actors.
Values would be someone who doesn’t discriminate against a group of people. Idiots
I want to vomit after seeing that
I think values should be based on dignity and respect, not on fear and de-humanization. This is what they are broadcasting, we usually disagree due to underlying issues, this goes way beyone the “simple” marriage issue. Eugenics is alive and well!
Republican cave people -_-
was it just me or did those two sound so bigotted that they wanted to puke on each other at the thought of gay people! if you are gay or support gay rights you have no values???I think that ad may actual be good then people can see how stupid they sound! they also seem very scripted like they don’t think that way at all they were more disgusted by the lines then the thought of gays!!!
I just fucking puked.
When the Supreme Court of the United States realizes that birth certificates can be wrong, they will not be able to determine gender positively for every single American citizen. They will rule that a marriage is between any two consenting, adult, American citizens. Simple.
Remember to vote for Obama/Biden in November!!
Religious right wing bigots….blah blah blah….June and Ward Clever days…blah blah blah…Godless liberal…blah blah blah. I gotta get out of here soon, I’m thinking Canada.
These people make me want to vomit.
I hate the fact that so many idiots believe this crap! It makes me sick!
The idea that discriminating against other American’s is at the Core of their American Values is more than a little scary.
Those cunts t(-. -)
The funniest thing is their lack of understanding the English language. By ‘forcing’ Gay marriage would mean, they are forced in a relationship with someone of the same sex.
People without jobs hear all this talk of gay marriage and react with rage
that is the fucking stupidest commercial I have ever seen. If they said it was all a joke I would believe it. Unreal.
Gee! I bet that’s really going to sway people who are watching the Democratic Convention! Keep wasting your money, Goopers! Spend it ALL on this kind of garbage!
I loved that ad! Not because of what said, but because of what it meant! Republicans may have given up on running on the economy! So now they feel like they only can run on social issues. GO OBAMA/BIDEN!
REALLY ..
religious bigotry at its best. Obama and the DNC are good Christians doing God’s work.
Why not worry about school or the war where we r losing boys and girls everyday or the job market or our financial stability in this country. Being gay has absolutely nothing to do with someone running for president. Get over it and fix the damn country.
The Republicans have to resort to trash such as this- I guess when they talk about America the great, they are only talking about themselves….. Chuck Norris and his wife also have a video saying how another 4 years of Obama will bring about the apocalypse…. these people are certifiably INSANE on every level. They arent’ even trying to hide their blatant homophobia anymore. Repubs have moved so far to the right it’s SCARY- they truly want to rule this country with Christianity. Yeah, let’s just all go back to England the way we used to be with NO freedoms. I will never understand the mind of the Republicans- or lack of, that is.