opposing viewpoint??
That is indeed the worst kind of hate speech... censorship and the
denial to post your opinions to the public.
On Apr 4, 10:51 am, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Mitt Romney Donates to Hate Group NOM
>
> NOM's Implosion: The Ripple Effect
>
> By now, most people have heard about the National Organization for
> Marriage's explosive documents that lay out a disturbing strategy of
> divisive race-baiting and using children as political pawns. NOM's
> internal memos, made public through an investigation in Maine into the
> anti-gay organization's attempts to circumvent campaign finance and
> disclosure laws, show a shocking and cynical plan to drive a wedge
> between people of color and the LGBT community, as well as use
> incendiary claims of "protecting children" against gay people. The
> fallout from NOM's bigoted $20 million dollar 'Strategy for Victory'
> has come fast and furious, shining a spotlight on the anti-equality
> movement's plan to divide our country using race, religion, and bias.
>
> (Image/CNN: Maggie Gallagher, the former president and co-founder of
> the National Organization for Marriage, was the face of NOM when the
> controversial internal memos were circulated)
>
> As discussion of NOM's divisive strategy spreads further, it appears
> that the organization may actually have the exact opposite effect on
> the public discourse around equality as their plan intended-- they are
> bringing communities together in solidarity against bigotry. By having
> their wedge-based plan exposed for all to see, and in such stark
> terms, NOM has stirred a sense of commonality among the very minority
> groups they sought to divide. Being demonized for crass political
> expediency, it turns out, is something that many groups can relate to.
>
> "This memo only reveals the limits of a cynical agenda," NAACP
> President and CEO Benjamin Jealous said of the memos. "The truth is
> that no group, no matter how well-funded, can drive an artificial
> wedge between our communities. People of color understand what it is
> like to be the target of discrimination. No public relations strategy
> will make us forget that."
>
> Sharon Lettman-Hicks, Executive Director and CEO of the National Black
> Justice Coalition, also blasted NOM, saying, "These documents expose
> NOM for what it really is—a hate group determined to use African
> American faith leaders as pawns to push their damaging agenda and as
> mouthpieces to amplify that hatred."
>
> NOM's exposed strategy has had the effect of forever linking them, and
> the entire anti-equality movement, to blatant bigotry. Eric Rodriguez,
> Vice President of Policy for the National Council of La Raza laid out
> the galvanizing effect of the NOM scandal:
>
> "Even by Washington standards, the National Organization for
> Marriage's unmasked strategy to drive a wedge between Blacks and
> Latinos and the LGBT community is stunningly cynical... Fortunately,
> this truly offensive idea has completely backfired. The documents
> reveal an organization rife with bigotry, willing to do anything to
> advance intolerance in our society. If anyone wondered if Black, LGBT,
> and Latino leaders have woken up to realize that we have common
> enemies that seek to divide us, these revelations and reactions from
> civil rights leaders this week show that we have and are ready to work
> together to defeat those enemies."
>
> Yet the ripple effect, and the long term consequences of having
> documented proof of NOM's race-baiting and bigoted goals, still isn't
> over. In fact, the ever-growing NOM scandal has begun to drag down
> political figures that support them as well.
>
> Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner has been facing outrage
> from all sides after appointing NOM's co-founder and former Chairman
> Dr. Robert George to the United States Commission on International
> Religious Freedom (USCIRF). While Boehner is still sticking by Dr.
> George, the increasing pushback from not just the LGBT community but
> communities of faith as well are making things uncomfortable for the
> Speaker. This comes on the heels of Boehner tripling the
> taxpayer-funded budget for defending DOMA in court from $500,000 to
> $1.5 million. These extreme stances, and support of race-baiting
> organizations like NOM, have given political opponents and equality
> advocates, like Nancy Pelosi and Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, even
> more of a target, further weakening the embattled top Republican in
> congress.
>
> And Speaker Boehner is by far the only top GOP political figure
> entangled by NOM's ever-widening scandal. Presumptive GOP presidential
> nominee Mitt Romney is also seeing his connections with the
> organization examined and criticized. New information released by the
> Human Rights Campaign (HRC) reveals that Romney secretly donated money
> to NOM-- some $10,000 in 2008. "It's clear now that Romney was a major
> financial donor to Prop. 8," said Fred Sainz, HRC's vice president for
> communications. This large donation, as well as Romney's own
> flip-flopping statements on basic equality for LGBT people, has real
> ramifications in the general election, where a majority of voters of
> every stripe find such divisive culture war issues distasteful. While
> Romney is sure to try to move away from the extreme stances he's taken
> in the GOP primary, this much older donation to NOM (especially in
> light of the organization's horrendous tactics), are sure to follow
> him as he tries to sell himself as "moderate."
>
> The pressure to distance the GOP from NOM is even coming from within
> the party faithful itself. Head of the Log Cabin Republicans R. Clarke
> Cooper blasted the organization in a recent article the Washington
> Times, saying, "Putting aside NOM's callous disregard for LGBT
> families, my party, the Republican party, cannot afford to be
> associated with an organization that arrogantly seeks to manipulate
> African American and Latino voters... Crude identity politics has no
> place in today's conservative movement."
>
> The fallout from NOM's internal memo's is far from over. Poll after
> poll shows that Americans' views on LGBT people and their
> relationships are rapidly evolving, with the majority now support full
> marriage equality. Having the cynical and divisive plan of a major
> player in the anti-equality game like NOM spotlighted helps in every
> fight we have as we push for progress even beyond marriage equality--
> from bullying protection to employment anti-discrimination laws.
> Having the anti-equality movement crippled by their own words only
> moves us faster towards full equality as organizations like NOM
> delegitimize their own cause and strengthen the resolve of fair-minded
> Americans disgusted by such divisive and bigoted tactics.
>
> More:http://chicago.gopride.com/entertainment/column/index.cfm/col/994
>
> --
> Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> Have a great day,
> Tommy
>
> --
> Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> Have a great day,
> Tommy
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