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Politics on HuffingtonPost.com: Gay Snipers Attack Marriage In West Virginia Campaign Ad (VIDEO)
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Gay Snipers Attack Marriage In West Virginia Campaign Ad (VIDEO)
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
Via Christy Hardin Smith comes this new advertisement from an organization from Georgia called Campaign Secrets -- yes, that is their real name -- that has decided to wade into electoral politics in West Virginia with a website: wv4marriage.com. That's where you will find this bonkers ad, designed to scare the bejeezus out of everyone about gay marriage. The moment that already has the blogosphere blowin' up comes about a minute in, when a nuclear family of dedicated, bubble-blowing West Virginians get targeted by THE GAY SNIPERS.
That's not ...
Gay Snipers Attack Marriage In West Virginia Campaign Ad (VIDEO)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
Via Christy Hardin Smith comes this new advertisement from an organization from Georgia called Campaign Secrets -- yes, that is their real name -- that has decided to wade into electoral politics in West Virginia with a website: wv4marriage.com. That's where you will find this bonkers ad, designed to scare the bejeezus out of everyone about gay marriage. The moment that already has the blogosphere blowin' up comes about a minute in, when a nuclear family of dedicated, bubble-blowing West Virginians get targeted by THE GAY SNIPERS.
That's not ...
WV: Fake ‘gay sniper’ video targeting families, spreads paranoid, hate-filled victim meme
pandagon.net - we are the public option —
by Pam Spaulding
This is sick, and it shows the desperation of the Right to begin its 2010 campaign in West Virginia on the backs of LGBTs. They can’t run on the economy, the war or just about anything else, so it’s back to the homo strawman. This is the stellar work of wv4marriage.com. Christy Hardin Smith at FDL and WVBlue: Via WVBlue, I see that some out-of-state goober has decided the strategery for WV’s Republican party in the 2010 election cycle is....*sound of trumpets*...SCARY ...
Madness Watch
Political Animal —
... history in which marriage has been redefined. Or the fact that the species will continue just fine regardless of whether gay couples get married. Or the reality that "religious freedom" has nothing to do with whether two adults can get married. Or the fact that our economy is not dependent on keeping same-sex couples from receiving legal recognition. Alas, there's really no point. We're talking about far-right activists who are so far gone, reason stopped mattering a long time ago. Christy Hardin Smith and ...
Crazy People
Shakesville —
... on. Key West it ain't.) Ben Smith has the story. These people are skating into Fred Phelps territory, leaving the idea of anything connected with Christianity as most people understand it so far behind it will take the light from it five years to catch up. Targeting straight people (at the 0:57 mark) with a sniper scope? What kind of sick shit is that? Pam Spaudling has more, as does Christy Hardin Smith. HT to Steve.


