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CNN Refuses to Air Log Cabin Republicans' TV Ad
CNS News ^ | 9-1-04 | Susan Jones

Posted on 09/01/2004 10:46:56 AM PDT by FlyLow

(CNSNews.com) - The Log Cabin Republicans, a homosexual advocacy group, is criticizing CNN for refusing to air a TV ad that urges Republicans to concentrate on what unites them rather than what divides them.

The ad is running on the Fox News Channel and other broadcast outlets.

"We are deeply disappointed that CNN has refused our voices the opportunity to be heard," the Log Cabin Republicans said in a press release.

"Last week we told the Republican Party that you cannot sugarcoat the vicious and mean- spirited [GOP] platform, and today we want CNN to know that you cannot sugarcoat the politics of fear and intolerance that lead to hate," said Log Cabin Executive Director Patrick Guerriero.

The Log Cabin Republicans' TV ad begins with footage from President Ronald Reagan's 1992 speech at the Republican National Convention in Houston. "Whatever else history may say about me when I'm gone, I hope it will record that I appealed to your best hopes, not your worst fears," Reagan says.

The Log Cabin Republicans say the ad "offers a clear choice for the GOP: follow President Reagan's lead by uniting Republicans; or follow Jerry Falwell, Pat Buchanan and Rick Santorum's lead by dividing the GOP with an intolerant social agenda based on fear and exclusion."

The ad closes with images of the Rev. Fred Phelps holding a sign that reads "God Hates Fags," at the funeral of Matthew Shepard, a University of Wyoming student murdered by two young men who attacked him because he was homosexual.

CNN claimed the images in the 30-second ad were "too controversial."

The Log Cabin Republicans say they support "fairness, freedom, and equality for gay and lesbian Americans." The group says it also supports Republican Party positions on lower taxes, a strong national defense, personal responsibility and a commitment to individual liberty.

The group is at odds with social conservatives in the Republican Party, who oppose same-sex marriage and want to amend the U.S. Constitution to prevent activist judges from redefining marriage.

Homosexual advocacy groups call the Federal Marriage Amendment discriminatory.


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KEYWORDS: ads; cnn; homosexualagenda; logcabinrepublicans; logpushinrepublicans; smellslikepoo
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To: FlyLow

If homosexuals think Republicans are being too hard on them, go check out some other groups. China comes to mind.


Leviticus 20:13

If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.


21 posted on 09/01/2004 11:14:32 AM PDT by Michael Goldsberry (Which part of "Don't Mess With Texas" didn't you get?)
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To: FormerLib

Yep. Besides, those Log Cabin ads really suck.


22 posted on 09/01/2004 11:14:37 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (Kerry Predicted in 1971 "No Bloodbath in Cambodia". TWO MILLION then died: April '75 to January '79)
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To: FlyLow

time to torch the Log Cabin IMHO.


23 posted on 09/01/2004 11:15:09 AM PDT by WoodstockCat
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To: JoJo Gunn

They are infiltrators, and certainly we could find Reagan quotes to throw back at them, if anyone was really buying what they were selling. Regardless, their ads should run. The public knows a cheap shot when they see one anyway.


24 posted on 09/01/2004 11:16:35 AM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Legislatures are so outdated. If you want real political victory, take your issue to court.)
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To: ServesURight

I just dont want to see Cheney sitting there tonight with one of those rainbow "cat-in-the-hat" hats.


25 posted on 09/01/2004 11:17:51 AM PDT by Mulch
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To: Mulch
Anybody else ready to join the Constitution Party?

No. You might inquire over at DU.

26 posted on 09/01/2004 11:19:13 AM PDT by af_vet_1981
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To: RinaseaofDs
"Can CNN legally do that? They don't own the airwaves, and if the ad is in good taste, and accurate, on what basis can CNN hold the ad?"

You don't know a thing about private ownership and freedom, do you? Believe it or not CNN is not run for your benefit. It is a profit oriented business with editors that decide content. I hate CNN but I can not determine what they choose to show. I can only determine what I choose to view.




27 posted on 09/01/2004 11:22:29 AM PDT by sinclair (If you don't stop and think, then it doesn't matter whether you are a genius or a moron.)
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To: Area51; ServesURight
Get real. Nobody in the GOP other than scumbags such as Specter supports the LCR. The LCR is nothing but a liberal group trying to water down the GOP, hoping that conservative voters get discouraged and stay home. These people and other homosexuals are not going to vote Republican anyway.

Once married, now openly gay, RINO Rep. Jim Kolbe (AZ-8) does support the Log Cabin Republicans. He was keynote speaker at one of their conventions and he serves on their National Advisory Board.

Kolbe is being challenged by conservative, pro-life, pro-traditional marriage candidate Randy Graf in next Tuesday's AZ Republican Primary Election.

To find out more and to help DEFEAT KOLBE and the radical gay agenda, visit www.graf2004.com or Team America or the South East Arizona Republican Club.

28 posted on 09/01/2004 11:23:04 AM PDT by Spiff (Don't believe everything you think.)
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To: FlyLow

While I don't agree with what CNN is doing, these people need to keep their logs in their pants.


29 posted on 09/01/2004 11:27:26 AM PDT by Antoninus (Abortion; Euthanasia; Fetal Stem Cell Research; Human Cloning; Homo Marriage - NON-NEGOTIABLE ISSUES)
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To: Mulch

"Anybody else ready to join the Constitution Party?"

No.


30 posted on 09/01/2004 11:29:05 AM PDT by adam_az (Call your State GOP office and volunteer!)
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To: FlyLow

Did anyone besides me read a couple of months ago that these so-called "Log Cabin Republicans" announced support for Botox and Bobby Socks?


31 posted on 09/01/2004 11:29:52 AM PDT by lilylangtree (Veni, Vidi, Vici)
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To: FlyLow

Flaming.
32 posted on 09/01/2004 11:31:36 AM PDT by adam_az (Call your State GOP office and volunteer!)
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To: I still care

I've seen it too.


33 posted on 09/01/2004 11:31:36 AM PDT by texasflower (in the event of the Rapture, the Bush White House will be unmanned.)
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To: RinaseaofDs

CNN isn't on the airwaves, it's cable/satellite.


34 posted on 09/01/2004 11:32:49 AM PDT by ShandaLear (Swifties v. MoveOn.org: David slays Goliath)
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To: JoJo Gunn

"lower taxes, a strong national defense, personal responsibility and a commitment to individual liberty"

That sounds leftist to you?


35 posted on 09/01/2004 11:33:27 AM PDT by Durus
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To: RinaseaofDs

What "airwaves"? They are on cable only, not broadcast. Time-Warner is their parent company.


36 posted on 09/01/2004 11:34:16 AM PDT by weegee (YOU could have been aborted, and you wouldn't have had a CHOICE about it.)
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To: FlyLow
Log Cabin Republicans are so small in numbers that this matter is virtually dead to the Republican party.

Public opinion and Party politics will not allow the Republicans to endorse gay marriage at this time. Will not happen.
37 posted on 09/01/2004 11:36:13 AM PDT by CyberCowboy777 (Veritas vos liberabit)
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To: Durus

Perhaps you missed what I highlighted.

Look at their site, too.

As I've said before, what's next - we'll make a "big tent" for the ALF and ELF and PETA types? The Collaborators and Appeasers?


38 posted on 09/01/2004 11:39:01 AM PDT by JoJo Gunn (Help control the Leftist population - have them spayed or neutered.©)
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To: Mulch

No, but if you are ready to leave the GOP, I am sure the Dumocrats would take you too.....


39 posted on 09/01/2004 11:40:08 AM PDT by MikefromOhio (Kerry renames the US The People's Republic of America)
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To: FlyLow

Maybe they should take their logs to the other party.


40 posted on 09/01/2004 11:41:26 AM PDT by far sider
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