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New Attack Ad Targets President’s Support for Marriage Equality

September 4, 2012 by Dan Rafter, Online Campaigns Manager

A conservative super PAC is running a new anti-Obama ad that targets the President’s support for marriage equality. The ad, from the Campaign for American Values PAC, features a disgruntled woman who looks up from a newspaper and says: “Obama is trying to force gay marriage on this country. That’s not the change I voted for.”

What the ad appears to construe as “forcing gay marriage” is likely a reference to the President’s historic support for marriage equality for loving, committed same-sex couples. In announcing his support for marriage equality, the President both affirmed the dignity and respect of LGBT individuals, and reiterated the point that strong families – including those headed by same-sex couples – strengthen our nation, not weaken it.

In announcing his support, the President also joined the majority of Americans who support marriage equality.

Check out the super PAC’s ad:

The logic at play here appears to be similar to a bizarre video released earlier this summer by a self-proclaimed affiliate of Focus on the Family – in which the President’s support for marriage equality was equated to turning our country into a police state.

In fact, a growing number of Americans – including a number of prominent Republicans – join President Obama in supporting marriage equality. Check out this video HRC released with Freedom to Marry just last week: