A video released in West Virginia by a mysterious group trying to frame gay citizens as snipers who might attack traditional families; a full-page ad in Utah newspapers on the weekend, released by an equally mysterious group, slamming gays (here).And now reports of a rally against gay marriage in Augusta, Maine, on Sunday, organized by the Family Research Council (here). And a renewed push in North Carolina to push for a state constitutional amendment banning gay marriage (here).
Accidental, the timing of these events? I don't think so. Not at all. We're seeing the unfolding of an orchestrated campaign to use the gay issue--and gay human beings, and gay lives--as a wedge issue to try to reclaim Republican voters. And to try to siphon off support for the new administration, particularly in states that used to be solidly Republican but are gaining Democratic voters.
It's cynical. It's calculated. And it's well-funded.
I'd very much like to know who's pouring money into those initiatives in West Virginia and Utah, whose funding sources and proponents are so mysteriously vague. If, God forbid, violence ensues as a result of their hate rhetoric, someone--some real human being--should be held accountable.
