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AdWeek: Gay Marriage Opponents Act Like an Oppressed Minority in Catholic Group’s Ad
About halfway through this two-and-a-half-minute film from conservative nonprofit the Catholic Vote, its treacly, overlystylized message becomes clear. These Catholics are nervous about revealing their stance on same-sex marriage because they’re (spoiler alert!) against it.
That stance is nothing new. And everyone is entitled to their opinion, as long as it doesn’t lead to legislation that discriminates. No, what’s galling about the ad is its appropriation of LGBTQ themes to marginalize LGBTQ people.
“Not alone”
There isn’t a bucket big enough to contain all the vomit…
Yes bigot is a big word, but appropriate for the situation.
Let me preface by saying i am pro-equality.
This is a good ad, if you consider the target audience. Blatant rip off ideas, but it’ll get the audience on board…
Disgusting. Just when you think the Church Of Paedophilia can’t sink any lower they drop the bar even further.
This is basically a bunch of bigots admitting that they are now very clearly in the minority. So they should be ashamed of having that view – they think it’s harmless and that they should be able to voice their opinion, but they’re actually contributing to a much bigger problem.
bigotry
ˈbɪɡətri/
noun
noun: bigotry; plural noun: bigotries
intolerance towards those who hold different opinions from oneself.
@1203 – by definition, then are you not bigoted toward those expressing their opinions in the Ad? I don’t agree with them, but I’m not however intolerant toward their point of view… Are their opinions not relevant in the debate?
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Though i dont quite understand the intent, “is it to preach to the converted?”
As long as discrimination is legal (eg change the word ‘gay’, to ‘black’ and see if the laws would be allowed), and made up stories have influence over government we will be still be living in an unequal world.