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The Devil's Advocate
NEW YORK Truth Wins Out (TWO) unveiled a hard-hitting full-page ad today (yesterday) that will be published in The Salt Lake Tribune on Thursday (today), under the headline, Lies in the Name of the Lord. TWOs provocative advertisement is in response to an ad by anti-gay activists in last Fridays New York Times, that falsely portrayed protests against Proposition 8 - a ballot measure in California that prohibited same sex couples from marrying as mob violence. The TWO ad also criticized the culture warriors who ran the Times ad under the name, No Mob Veto, for their disingenuous claim of religious tolerance and their posture as staunch defenders of the Mormon Church.
These anti-gay activists are crying wolf on the Proposition 8 protests, but they actually are a wolf in sheeps clothing that preaches religious tolerance while practicing the most defamatory form of religious bigotry, said Wayne Besen, Executive Director of Truth Wins Out. We refuse to permit this orchestrated campaign to rewrite history, nor will we allow some of the most notorious Mormon bashers in America to pose as friends of the Latter-day Saints.
TWO exposes No Mob Vetos hypocrisy, after the group wrote in the Times, Beginning today, we commit ourselves to opposing and publicly shaming anyone who resorts to the rhetoric of anti-religious bigotry, against any faith, on any side of the cause, for any reason. In its ad, TWO agreed to take the signers of the No Mob Veto ad at their word, including convicted felon Chuck Colson, Prison Fellowship; Rich Cizik, National Association of Evangelicals; and William Donohue, The Catholic League, and remind America of their past incendiary statements against other religions, particularly the Mormon church.
Activists like Colson, Cizik and Donohue must decide if they are people of faith or people of fibs they cant be both, TWO proclaimed in its ad. Lying is wrong, especially when its done in the name of God.
There is a concerted and ongoing effort by anti-gay forces to portray peaceful marchers exercising their First Amendment rights as violent troublemakers, said Besen. We hope to set the record straight and refuse to let No Mob Veto get away with their blatant lies.
Singer Pat Boone contributed to the Big Lie this week when he wrote a column in World Net Daily that compared nonviolent Proposition 8 protesters with the terrorists who wantonly murdered nearly 200 innocent people in Mumbai.
Truth Wins Out is a non-profit organization that counters right wing propaganda, exposes the ex-gay myth and educates America about gay life.
Truth Wins Out - TWO Fights Back Against Lie Campaign With Hard-Hitting Full Page Ad In The Salt Lake Tribune
(Italics in parentheses are mine)
These anti-gay activists are crying wolf on the Proposition 8 protests, but they actually are a wolf in sheeps clothing that preaches religious tolerance while practicing the most defamatory form of religious bigotry, said Wayne Besen, Executive Director of Truth Wins Out. We refuse to permit this orchestrated campaign to rewrite history, nor will we allow some of the most notorious Mormon bashers in America to pose as friends of the Latter-day Saints.
TWO exposes No Mob Vetos hypocrisy, after the group wrote in the Times, Beginning today, we commit ourselves to opposing and publicly shaming anyone who resorts to the rhetoric of anti-religious bigotry, against any faith, on any side of the cause, for any reason. In its ad, TWO agreed to take the signers of the No Mob Veto ad at their word, including convicted felon Chuck Colson, Prison Fellowship; Rich Cizik, National Association of Evangelicals; and William Donohue, The Catholic League, and remind America of their past incendiary statements against other religions, particularly the Mormon church.
Activists like Colson, Cizik and Donohue must decide if they are people of faith or people of fibs they cant be both, TWO proclaimed in its ad. Lying is wrong, especially when its done in the name of God.
There is a concerted and ongoing effort by anti-gay forces to portray peaceful marchers exercising their First Amendment rights as violent troublemakers, said Besen. We hope to set the record straight and refuse to let No Mob Veto get away with their blatant lies.
Singer Pat Boone contributed to the Big Lie this week when he wrote a column in World Net Daily that compared nonviolent Proposition 8 protesters with the terrorists who wantonly murdered nearly 200 innocent people in Mumbai.
Truth Wins Out is a non-profit organization that counters right wing propaganda, exposes the ex-gay myth and educates America about gay life.
Truth Wins Out - TWO Fights Back Against Lie Campaign With Hard-Hitting Full Page Ad In The Salt Lake Tribune
(Italics in parentheses are mine)