Ad Attacks Paterson Over Gay-Marriage Stance
“So many people in New York have called us and phoned us and emailed us and demonstrated concern about Gov. Paterson’s unilateral decision to recognize same-sex marriage in New York, when the Supreme Court said it’s up to the Legislature,” said Maggie Gallagher, a Westchester County woman who is president of the organization, which opposes gay marriage.
The ad will run in New York City on WABC-AM; in Rochester on WHAM-AM; and in Albany on WGY-AM.
Here’s the ad, which begins and ends with a child’s voice and at the end says, “I want a mommy and a daddy.”
Here’s the script:
Grandma, my teacher says if grandpa was a girl it’s okay, you can still be married…
ANNCR: If we change the definition of marriage…
GIRL 1: God creating Adam and Eve? That was so old-fashioned…
ANNCR: Our kids will be taught a new way of thinking…
BOY 1: If my Dad married a man, who would be my mom?
ANNCR: This is an URGENT marriage alert!
Governor David Paterson just ordered state officials to use our tax dollars to help same sex couples evade New York’s marriage laws.
These are the same politicians who can’t figure out how to lower our taxes, or our gas prices, or fix our schools…but they have time to mess around with marriage! Marriage in New York means a man and a woman.
Go to Nation-For-Marriage.org and send Governor Paterson a message: Stop messing with marriage and get back to work! That’s Nation-For-Marriage.org.
GIRL 2: I want a mommy and a daddy.
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no problem with the idea but girl 2 should not be saying
I want a mommy and a daddy becuase kids who are lacking
one because of death or divorce who see the ad will
not get the point….everyone wants a mommy and a daddy
the ad therefore is insensitive and should be re done
If these people were so concerned about the institution of marriage then how come they don’t make ads about divorce?
because many of them are…divorced that is!
Wow an ad dumping on any family that does not fit in the mold prescribed by a few zealots. That should go over big with everyone. Listen for the backfire.
I will never begin to fathom why some people think it’s okay to tell others whom they can and cannot marry. There are gay people in this world. Deal with it!
This is the most ridiculous thing I ever heard (ok, read). There are PLENTY of single-parent homes that don’t have both a ‘mommy’ and a ‘daddy’ – should we make that illegal too? Same-sex marriages will only make communities stronger and in this day and age, it is APPAULING that the government should even have this decision.
EMMA…THAT IS WHY THE COMMERCIAL IS DEFICIENT
There will always be people who are against equality. Here in Massachusetts where gay marriage is the law the only difference is that gay couples & heterosexual couples have equal rights. Marriage is a basic civil right that should be attainable by all Americans if they choose. For those who are uncomfortable with gay marriage check out our short produced to educate & defuse the controversy. It has a way of opening closed minds & provides some sanity on the issue: http://www.OUTTAKEonline.com
Why dont you conservative heteros stop focusing on what people do in their bedrooms – does it really concern you, or the children of this country for that matter? My partner and I have a domestic partnership here in New York and I have been granted the right to share my partner’s health benefits. We’re going to california next month to get LEGALLY MARRIED. So I guess we’ll be back here fighting for our right to be recognized as EQUAL CITIZENS once we get back. I’ll smile and wave to you when you’re holding those ridiculous signs about Adam and Eve. Have a great day!
Traditional marriage, while not perfect, is the best situation for children to grow up in. Children do need a mother and a father because both genders offer something different and unique that children need.
Because divorce is a problem should not be cause to water down traditional marriage. Divorce is something else that needs to be dealt with in our culture.
Watering down traditional marriage will not help anything… it will only lead to other non traditional arrangements such as plural marriage; another arrangement unhealthy for children.
God said homosexuality is an abomination. Wondering why the country is going to he** in a handbasket? We keep defying the Lord God! This battle is not about a benevolent group of people wanting the same rights as straight people. They want to RULE over us. They want to force their perversions on us and our under age children by introducing filthy literature to children as young as kindergarteners!!! All this with utter contempt for our opinions about how we want to raise our children and what we want them to be exposed to! They are not content to seek equality!!! They want to take away our rights and make it hate speech to disagree! They want to be a protected class – at our expense! In California, gay activists had absolutely no qualms about intimidating others into silence by harrassing those gathering signatures against same sex marriage. Where is the equality here? Where is the sense of fair competition? Those of you backing same sex marriage are painfully uninformed and terribly misguided. Even Canada admits they bullied people into accepting same sex marriage and now declare it a travesty because they have so many social dilemnas, it will keep the lawyers and courts busy for years! Every major civilization sinking into this type of debauchery disintegrated. It’s written in the history books. My advice is – love and obey God and your fellow man! Don’t open that can of worms and live blessed!
If someone could post a list of radio stations that air these commercials I would like to help organize a boycott.
I would like to know when the Berry Queen had personal conversation with God, in which he said that homosexuality was an abomination. If you want to throw the Lords word (which is up to your own personal interpretation in the first place) then at the very least abide by his principles of loving your fellow man. Don’t use your God’s name and words to reinforce your own personal insecurities and the Lord credit for your foolishness. I grew up with just a a mommy. Did I ever want a mommy and a Daddy? Possibly at times, but there was always a surplus of love and sense of family in my household that we never had the time or need to want for a daddy. With so many divorces taking place in the heterosexual world don’t you think your argument for the nuclear family is slightly outdated? Sure if you can have one mother and one father, and your family can remain intact and can progress with out any major problems, more power to you. The fact of reality is that this just doesnt happen anymore. Plenty of people make it through life and fair just as well with one mother and no daddy, or one daddy and no mother, or no mom and daddy. Nothing in this life is that certain for you to regulate and discriminate against a population that you simply do not understand. There are so many abusive parents out there, drug addicted parents, child molesting parents, unfaithful parents (and since most married parents are in fact heterosexual couples, what does that say about your own population). Doesnt feel so great to have the finger pointed at you now does it? In any event there are many different qualities that can make a person a suitable parent. If you are smart enough, responsible enough, caring enough to raise a child, than your sex and sexual orientation should not be the determining fact of whether or not you should start a family or get married for that matter. I hate taking sides on most cases. I see all humans as human and personally can find love for any type of person regardless of their sex, gender, health, race, religion. One of the smartest programs that we have to protect our younger and more vulnerable citizens is the planned parenthood program. It prepares people for the responsibility of raising a child. Frankly, I think homosexuals have a greater grasp on planning for parenthood than heterosexuals because they have to do just that, plan financially, emotionally, and intellectually!
Im out
-Blanny
Great Ad. I am so proud of you and it is time we fought back. Everyone has a equal right to marry – the opposite sex. It is so simple. Where are the morals in our society? Gay marriage has to do with one thing, sex. Marriage is naturally between a man and a woman and has been since the beginning of time.
This ad has nothing to do with divorce. In divorce, children know they have both parents. Divorce is another issue. But, there is still a mother and a father.
Good job -
those who believe that traditional marriage is between
a man and a woman are correct..However they need to stop
quoting their view of what God’s word was ..unless they
had a personal conversation..because that line of reasoning
has justified too many deaths over the course of history
and too much suffering….your morality is one thing…to
justify it by insinuating you know what God’s intention
was is basically the same thing that the radical Islamic
jihadists do…they kill in the name of GOd because their
holy book as they interpret it tells them to…the
argument is radical religious garbage
In their hearts, the people at the National Organization for Marriage also oppose David Patterson’s marriage, as well as those of Barak Obama, Colin Powell and other African-Americans, because their god never intended for animals to get married; and they believe that that which is not White and heterosexual, isn’t truly human. Blacks and queers should just do what they’ve always done: screw each other and keep moving.
Dear Blanny –
You do not address any of the issues I brought up, but go on a personal rave about your own unfortunate situation. There was no response to the harrassment in California or the comments from Canada. Instead I receive a personal attack about my belief in God. Let me address that.
My personal conversation with God comes from reading His word. It’s not my interpretation. I think I can understand basic sentance structure. When God says something is an abomination, it is an abomination. End of story. Unbelievers often attack people who live and believe God’s word because they don’t know Him. They reject His authority over their lives as their Creator. They would prefer to rule themselves.
God gave us His word so we would have wisdom on how to deal with life and could avoid many of the pitfalls of this current time. II Tim 3:16 tells us His word is inerrant and God-breathed. Therefore, it is alive.
If you knew God, he would lovingly show you where your reasoning has gone askew. I hope you find him! Maybe you could start in the gospel of John. Take note of the scripture below!
1 Corinthians 1:18-19 1 Corinthians 1:18-19 (King James Version)
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18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
Blanny,
I won’t apologize for my relationship with God. I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ or of God’s word. I know how the story ends, we win! I hope you switch sides and win right along with us!
Consultant—If you believe in natural law then you believe in God, apparently. Since time began, natural law has been a man and a woman in marriage. Why? Because that is natural. It is how the human race continues to exist. I’d say that makes it natural. I’d say any deviations from that as far as “marriage” is concerned are not natural.
You or anyone else can reason that through without any quotes from the Bible, can’t you?
regardless of my personal moral or religious beliefs which
you apparently know better than I do..the traditional notion
of marriage is between a man and a woman…I however object
to anyone justifying it based on their interpretation of
1. God’s intent…2. the bible (any version, old or new)
or anything else…I do however believe that apart from the
issue of calling the unions marriages they should be given
all the civil benefits that married heterosexual couples
get…this has nothing to do with who has a mommy or
a daddy..because you cannot by law change the nature of
the relationships between two same sex couples..you can
only change the legal obligations of one to the other
etc..capice!
I don’t claim to know your views better than you do. I used the word “apparently” based on your earlier post.
I’m not against “civil unions.” But that isn’t marriage. By the way, much of the Bible (all editions) is inspired by natural law and/or moral law. And billions of people believe in the Bible, although some view it more literally than most. Gay marriage violates natural law.
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This is right here, in the present, not the future.