PRESS
RELEASE
from American Bridge 21st Century and Courage Campaign Super PAC
For Immediate Release:
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Contact:
Courage Campaign Super PAC: Doug Gordon
American Bridge 21st Century: Chris Harris
American Bridge and
Courage Campaign Partner To Launch “Mitt Gets Worse”
Rapid
Response
Campaign To Highlight Romney’s Anti-LGBT Agenda
http://www.MittGetsWorse.org
WASHINGTON -- Today,
American Bridge 21st Century and Courage Campaign Super PAC partnered
to launch Mitt Gets Worse, a new oral history project and rapid
response campaign to educate voters about Mitt Romney’s extreme
anti‐LGBT agenda.
Romney
has earned a reputation as a flip-flopper -- changing his positions in
whatever direction advances his career. But when it comes to LGBT
issues, there’s one thing you can always count on: Mitt Gets Worse.
Year
after year, Mitt has moved further and further toward the extreme
right. The Mitt Gets Worse campaign is an oral history of Mitt
Romney’s
efforts to diminish the rights and the freedoms of LGBT Americans, told
by supporters, activists, and LGBT advocates that have personally been
impacted by Mitt’s anti-equality agenda.
Over
the next few weeks, the campaign will be releasing first person
accounts of LGBT activists and organizers who have played key roles in
this fight.
The first video, released today by the campaign, is from Jennifer
Chrisler, Executive Director of the Family Equality Council, which
represents more than a million LGBT parents and the children they are
raising. Together with her
partner Cheryl, Jennifer played a crucial role in securing the freedom
to marry in Massachusetts. They went toe-to-toe with Mitt, and they
continue to fight to preserve protections for same-sex parents and
their families.
You can see the video here:
http://youtu.be/RLEH_l3gJNA
"Last
week at the NAACP convention, Mitt Romney promised to represent 'all
Americans of every race, creed and sexual orientation.' It's hard to
believe that when he doesn't support our freedom to marry, serve in the
military, or even hold a job without fear of being fired because of who
we love. The fact of the matter is, under Mitt, for those of us who
believe in equality, it will get worse,” said Courage Campaign
founder Rick Jacobs.
“The
march towards equality in America’s civil rights history has been long
and difficult, but we have always moved in the right direction,”
said David Brock, founder and chairman of American Bridge.
“The majority of Americans don't want to reverse that trend, which is
why they need to know that on LGBT issues, under Mitt Romney it will
get worse.”
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