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Sarah Ibarruri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-08 10:47 PM
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Mormons paid 28 million for hatred ads against gay marriage, are those ads on youtube?
Edited on Sat Nov-15-08 10:50 PM by Sarah Ibarruri
If so, does anyone have a link to them? I'd like to see them. These ended up convincing people with a not-so-great education to vote against gay marriage, so I'd really like to see what ads they paid for.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-08 10:50 PM
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1. Here...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kKn5LNhNto#
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Sarah Ibarruri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-08 10:52 PM
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2. OMG they told people they might lose their tax exemptions if gays got married?
These people are scuzzbuckets aren't they?
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Cali_Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-08 11:06 PM
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8. Here's another one we were bombarded with
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PgjcgqFYP4
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-08 11:08 PM
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10. Mommy! Today in school we learned that snakes can talk! n/t
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dkf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-08 11:13 PM
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12. Did the "no" vote do any ads/education?
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Donnachaidh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-08 10:53 PM
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3. just imagine how many homeless people would be fed with that 28 million
or how many homes could have been saved from foreclosure?

or how many poor kids could have been put through 4 years of college?

or how many musical instruments could have been bought for schools with weak music programs?

or how many poor kids could be put in daycare, while parents worked?

or how many warm clothes could have been given to the homeless?

Instead, the Mormon Church funded HATE with that money.
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Sarah Ibarruri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-08 10:55 PM
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4. Mormons paid huge amounts to SCARE people and create FEAR in them!
And now they want to be loved.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-08 10:56 PM
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5. Think how many people with nametags they could have sent to wake us up at 8 AM on a Saturday morning
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-08 10:56 PM
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6. They did this to clear the way for Romney to run for President in 2012. n/t
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Donnachaidh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-08 11:04 PM
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7. doing a great job for him, huh?
Mitt may as well not even bother to pack. He's toast now.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-08 11:07 PM
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9. Maybe, maybe not. For all we know, this COULD all be part of their plan. n/t
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Sarah Ibarruri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-08 11:16 PM
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14. I say we open the doors to tell what their religion is about. How about it? nt
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-16-08 12:30 AM
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18. I say we ban their magic underpants under consumer protection laws. n/t
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Sarah Ibarruri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-16-08 01:32 AM
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22. I say someone needs to write a book exposing their religion nt
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-16-08 09:34 AM
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28. There are several books of that nature already.
Not to mention an excellent episode of South Park.
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Sarah Ibarruri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-16-08 01:32 PM
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29. But none that made the bestseller list nt
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-16-08 02:03 PM
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32. How well did "Under the Banner of Heaven" sell? n/t
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Sarah Ibarruri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-16-08 10:57 PM
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34. Hmmmm.. okay you got a point there. It needs to be discussed on TV nt
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TexasObserver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-16-08 12:39 AM
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20. In the New Fundamental Revised American Bible, Jesus changes his instructions slightly.
"Verily, I say unto you, unless you scorn gays and say hideous things about them, you shall not see the Kingdom of Heaven. And forget all that stuff I said about feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, visiting the sick and those in prison, and all that liberal hippie stuff. I really meant 'buy a Hummer and buy some stocks.'"
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Hieronymus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-08 11:11 PM
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11. I like this video against Prop 8.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q28UwAyzUkE
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Sarah Ibarruri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-08 11:14 PM
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13. These are the worshippers of a polygamist, Joseph Smith. Nice.
As if they should be critical of anything!
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-16-08 02:04 PM
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33. Oh, wow... I like that one. n/t
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-08 11:18 PM
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15. How can people who belong to that church..and contribute 10% of their income. put up with that crap?
If I donated to a church and found out that they spent $28,000,000 on a referendum in just one state, for something that was not related to my church...and not related to helping the poor or the unfortunate...I would be real real pissed.
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Sarah Ibarruri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-15-08 11:23 PM
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16. Apparently there are quite a few people leaving that church because of it....
This issue has become a publicity nightmare for them. They tried to use it to get evangelicals to accept them to get votes for their Romney's 2012 run for the White House, but Mormons never expected this would explode in their faces. It needs to be made bigger.
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-16-08 12:01 AM
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17. I am glad that there are those who choose to leave that church...and I am real
glad this backfired on them.
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kevinbgoode Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-16-08 12:34 AM
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19. Did this ad ever air?
I laughed hysterically...but it was the best one I've seen on the NO side.

Funny how these were made by Courage Campaign instead of the No on 8 people.. .

Anyway:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiYmjDzSg3o
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Sarah Ibarruri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-16-08 01:35 AM
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24. Okay I just thought of something - tell me what you think....
I saw the ads the bible-banging @$$holes ran, and I now have seen the civil rights folks ran. The ones run by the bible-bangers were serious. The ones run by the civil rights folks were funny as hell and very cleverly done, but they're too far fetched to bring one's mind to the reality of what losing this could mean. Do you think anyone took the funny civil rights ads seriously? I don't.
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Arctic Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-16-08 12:48 AM
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21. They have 28 million to spend and this is what they use it for.
No wonder religion is destined for extiction. Let it be sooner then later.
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Sarah Ibarruri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-16-08 01:32 AM
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23. I agree. nt
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donheld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-16-08 01:38 AM
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25. If only
they'd put that money into something constructive. :grr:
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PassingFair Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-16-08 01:44 AM
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26. Looks like the Knights of Columbus kicked in, too.
From the people who put god in the pledge...
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Sarah Ibarruri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-16-08 01:32 PM
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30. Much less. No one gave more than the Mormons. nt
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-16-08 02:13 AM
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27. now one can understand why the people of illinois
ran the mormons out of illinois in the 1800`s. they decided to set up their own little country in illinois.the whole persecution of the mormons is a joke.

the gay rights movement in california underestimated the ability of the mormon church to crush their detractors.the next time they will be ready to take on the church
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Sarah Ibarruri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-16-08 01:33 PM
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31. That's why we need to expose the true beliefs of the Mormon church nt
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