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"Strong" +
:30 ad run starting Dec. 7, 2011 in Iowa.
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[Music]
Perry: I'm
not ashamed to admit that I'm a Christian, but
you don't need to be in
the pew every Sunday to know there's something wrong in this country
when gays can serve openly in the military but our kids can't openly
celebrate Christmas or pray in school.
As President, I'll end Obama's war on religion. And I'll fight against liberal attacks on our religious heritage.
Faith made America strong. It can make her strong again.
I'm Rick
Perry and I approve
this message.
Text: Approved by Rick Perry and paid for
by RickPerry.org, Inc.
Notes: This
ad provoked considerable criticism (1, 2), inspired quite a few
parodies (3), and rose in a matter of
days to become the most disliked video on YouTube.
From
the Perry campaign press release...
"From
refusing the protect the Defense of Marriage Act in court to mandating
abortion and
other 'health' practices over the objections of church-affiliated
hospitals, the Obama Administration is waging a full scale assault on
Christians and people of faith," said Perry campaign communications director Ray Sullivan.
"Gov. Perry believes in the religious liberty
embodied in the U.S. Constitution by our Founding Fathers. Rick Perry will be guided by these principles as
President of the United States."
Here are
some examples of the Obama Administration's war on religion:
"[B]ut
the [Obama Administration] mandate requires religious employers to
provide coverage for birth control methods that could result in
abortion, a serious erosion of religious liberty in America."
Source:
The Heritage Foundation,
12/1/2011
Catholic
Bishops Target Obama on Religious Freedom in the US,
http://www.christianpost.com/
"[T]he
Obama Justice Department has now asked the court
to disavow the ministerial exception altogether. This would mean that,
in every future case, a court-and not the
church-would decide whether the church's reasons for firing or not
hiring a minister were good enough." Source: Wall Street Journal,
10/5/2011
"Hearing:
Obama Admin Discriminated Against Catholics on Abortion,"
Source: LifeNews.com, 12/1/2011
"President
Obama, in a striking legal and
political shift, has determined that the Defense of Marriage Act - the
1996 law that bars federal recognition of same-sex marriages - is
unconstitutional, and has directed the Justice
Department to stop defending the law in court[.]" Source: New York Times, 2/23/2011
"Military
chaplains have been cleared to officiate at gay weddings and
other same-sex unions celebrated on or off military installations,
after the Pentagon rejected arguments that such ceremonies would
violate federal law." Source: Fox News, 9/30/2011
Obama
Leaves God out of Thanksgiving Speech, Riles Critics,
http://abcnews.go.com/
Copyright © 2011
Eric M.
Appleman/Democracy in
Action. 