Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Re: REVEALED: The Hateful Strategy of Marriage Equality Opponents

I find that any organization that must use race, gender, color,
religion in its title is a racist or prejudiced organization. They are
the root cause that keeps these things alive.

On Mar 27, 6:12 pm, Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This is funny, and clearly written by a Moonbat.   I know that I go around
> talking a good bit about training young folks to become "Elites".....
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> The, "Think Progress War Room".   There's a den of communists and
> Anti-Americans, and a dollar and a beer says Tommy is propped up right
> there with them, along with his other Saul Alinsky/HunterMadsen/Marshall
> Kirk  foot soldiers!
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> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 5:48 PM, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > REVEALED: The Hateful Strategy of Marriage Equality Opponents
> > Mar 27, 2012 | By ThinkProgress War Room
>
> > NOM Plots Shocking Strategy to Fan Racial Hostilities
> > Secret memos exclusively released last night by the Human Rights
> > Campaign's (HRC) outline the National Organization for Marriage's
> > (NOM) shocking and hateful strategy for fighting marriage equality in
> > states across the country. In short, they planned to "drive a wedge
> > between gays and blacks" by convincing them to fight over the language
> > of "civil rights." (They also outlined plans to drive a wedge between
> > gays and Latinos.)
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> > Check out the key passage here:
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> > Here are some of the other lowlights from the previously confidential
> > documents:
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> > Bait Latino voters to oppose marriage equality as "a symbol of
> > resistance to inappropriate assimilation."
> > Interrupt the "attempt to equate…sexual orientation with race" so that
> > marriage inequality is not perceived as discrimination.
> > Draw attention to the "bigotry and intolerance" displayed by equality
> > advocates and "document the victims" through a rapid response media
> > team.
> > Emphasize the importance of "religious liberties" to limit the impact
> > of marriage equality's legislative advancements.
> > "Develop side issues to weaken pro-gay marriage political leaders"
> > like pornography, "protection of children" and religious liberty at
> > the federal level.
> > Expose Obama administration programs that "have the effect of
> > sexualizing young children" or threatening "childhood innocence."
> > "Find, train, and equip young leaders" to become a "next generation of
> > elites" capable of opposing marriage equality.
> > Foster closer relationships with Catholic bishops to "equip, energize,
> > and moralize Catholic priests on the marriage issue."
> > Focus on "the consequences of gay marriage for parental rights."
> > Progressives were quick to condemn NOM's shameful and divisive plans:
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> > "Nothing beats hearing from the horse's mouth exactly how callous and
> > extremist this group really is. Such brutal honesty is a game changer,
> > and this time NOM can't spin and twist its way out of creating an
> > imagined rift between LGBT people and African-Americans or Hispanics."
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> > -HRC President Joe Solomonese
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> > "NOM's underhanded attempts to divide will not succeed if Black
> > Americans remember their own history of discrimination. Pitting
> > bigotry's victims against other victims is reprehensible; the
> > defenders of justice must stand together."
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> > -Dr. Julian Bond, Chairman Emeritus of the NAACP
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> > "If the success of the National Organization of Marriage's movement
> > depends on stirring up resentment between communities, it might want
> > to rethink its strategies.
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> > "African American men and women of faith are not a political football
> > to be tossed around in a cynical game of resentment and division. We,
> > like all Americans, struggle thoughtfully with issues of faith, family
> > and politics. Anti-equality activists such as NOM consistently attempt
> > to use a deeply cynical 'wedge' strategy to divide African Americans
> > and the gay community, playing up what are now old and tired cliches.
> > In the long run, this strategy will falter as African American and
> > LGBT communities continue to work together for equal justice."
>
> > -Minister Leslie Watson Malachi, Director of People For the American
> > Way Foundation's African American Ministers Leadership Council
>
> > "NOM isn't the first organization to use such cynical marketing ploys,
> > schemes that seem to have little do with the interests of the people
> > they claim to represent, and it certainly won't be the last. But the
> > revelation of its bald attempt to exploit black people and Latinos
> > should help end the idea that NOM is an honorable group that would
> > never engage in race-baiting. Because that is precisely what it has
> > done."
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> > More:
> > Progressreport.org
> > --
> > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> > Have a great day,
> > Tommy
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> > --
> > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> > Have a great day,
> > Tommy
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