An anonymous source reveals that the obsessive, anti-LGBT lobby in Maryland is continuing to use divisive, hate-mongering tactics to try and stop marriage equality at the ballot this November. They have formed a new ballot issue committee called Jump the Broom for Marriages, which appears to be run by relatives of Bob Ehrlich's disgraced robocall consultant, Julius Henson (see filing documents at bottom of post). Our source provides the following commentary about this group and their disgraceful new propaganda campaign:
A press packet for the anti-civil rights group is included below (scroll to bottom), but it notes the following goals for Jump the Broom for Marriages (excerpt below):
The materials being used by Maryland's civil rights opponents are particularly vile, because they are clearly attempting to stoke racial and religious divisions. Meanwhile, they are almost completely lacking in substance and the postcards instead using the mere sight of people to stoke opposition. All of this is a complete distraction from the unequal legal rights and protections facing families in Maryland. See what I mean below:
EXHIBIT 1: USING PHOTOS OF GAY PRIDE PARADES TO STOKE OPPOSITION -Here is a mailer that attempts to generate opposition to civil rights by simply showing photos of people at a gay pride parade. This non sequitur of a propaganda piece has no purpose other than to try and incite ungrounded negative feelings:
EXHIBIT 2: INVOKING CHILDREN TO STOKE OPPOSITION TO LGBT RIGHTS - It should come as no surprise to see the haters trying to mislead voters by vaguely invoking children. In fact, supporters of marriage equality have been warning that these images would be coming, given that the haters have been using such spurious arguments in other states:
EXHIBITS 3-4: STOKING RACIAL DIVISIONS TO GENERATE OPPOSITION - In another predictable move, civil rights opponents are attempting to divide and conquer various racial and demographic groups. The series of mail pieces below demonstrate an extremely cynical attempt to market bigotry to Maryland voters:
STOKING RACIAL DIVISION: The mail pieces above should come as no surprise, given that Maryland's anti-civil rights campaign is being waged by forces that have admitted their goal is to stoke racial division. In fact, Jump the Broom's press packet notes the following goals (excerpt below):
EXHIBITS 5-6: CLUMSY MICROTARGETING OF HATE - In the hilariously clumsy micro-targeting attempt below, the haters attempt to market to different types of white voters. They lump voters of the Caucasian persuasion into either cowboys or bankers:
EXHIBITS 7-9: LAWNSIGNS & APPEALS TO CHRISTIANITY - Here is a lawnsign decorated with a cross that will be appearing in Maryland, followed by two non-religious signs from the haters:
EXHIBIT 10: ANTI-CIVIL RIGHTS PRESS PACKET REVEALS DIVISIVE TACTICS - Nothing I've noted above about the divisive tactics of the haters is a secret. They've spelled it all out in their press packet. See below:
Jump the Broom for Marriage, Anti-Civil Rights Press Packet
See the organizational filing information for "Jump the Broom for Marriages" below:
ANONYMOUS SOURCE: See attached files for materials from the press packet being prepared by an anti-marriage equality group - Jump the Broom for Marriages. They have filed with MD Board of Elections as a Ballot Issue Committee. Interesting to note that the Treasurer for the Committee is Raymond Henson, who I was told is a relative of Julius Henson (who worked for Ehrlich's 2010 gubernatorial campaign and was responsible for the "stay at home" robocall on election night).
Attached you will find correspondences and pics of the lawn signs they are offering and pics of the glossy 9" x 4"mailers that are targeted at various demographic groups. Note that the mailers include some truly perjorative pitches -- one shows scantily clad marchers in a Pride parade, another shows a group of babies who seem confused about their parents' gender. The others include a pitch to Afr Amer, Latinos; cowboys who love big busty women and young caucasians.
A press packet for the anti-civil rights group is included below (scroll to bottom), but it notes the following goals for Jump the Broom for Marriages (excerpt below):
JUMP THE BROOM FOR MARRIAGES: Jump the Broom for Marriages is a Maryland Ballot Issue Committee formed to run a political campaign to encourage Maryland voters to vote against--and defeat--the same-sex. marriage ballot referendum. The referendum will appear on the Maryland ballot as Question 6 in the 2012 Presidential Election. This referendum is titled "Marriage Equality," but we know that same-sex marriages are counterfeit marriages. You share our belief that this gay and lesbian agenda runs counter to God's intentions....
In order to successfully defeat the same-sex marriage ballot referendum, we need to mobilize voters, particularly the African American community in Maryland. While we believe that a concentrated campaign must be waged statewide to all voters, the final outcome-success or failure -- will be determined in the African American precincts of Baltimore City, and of Prince George's, Baltimore, Howard, Harford, and Charles Counties. Montgomery County, Prince George's County and Baltimore City comprise the largest population centers of liberal Democrats who are most likely to support same-sex marriage, or so called "Marriage Equality." The other twenty-one counties are smaller conservative population centers of Republicans, and they are the least likely to support same-sex marriage....
Our campaign budget is $2,500,000. We believe that our efforts will result in 250,000 more voters going to the polls to vote against the Question 6 ballot same-sex marriage referendum. Jump the Broom for Marriages is looking for funding for this campaign.
The materials being used by Maryland's civil rights opponents are particularly vile, because they are clearly attempting to stoke racial and religious divisions. Meanwhile, they are almost completely lacking in substance and the postcards instead using the mere sight of people to stoke opposition. All of this is a complete distraction from the unequal legal rights and protections facing families in Maryland. See what I mean below:
EXHIBIT 1: USING PHOTOS OF GAY PRIDE PARADES TO STOKE OPPOSITION -Here is a mailer that attempts to generate opposition to civil rights by simply showing photos of people at a gay pride parade. This non sequitur of a propaganda piece has no purpose other than to try and incite ungrounded negative feelings:
EXHIBIT 2: INVOKING CHILDREN TO STOKE OPPOSITION TO LGBT RIGHTS - It should come as no surprise to see the haters trying to mislead voters by vaguely invoking children. In fact, supporters of marriage equality have been warning that these images would be coming, given that the haters have been using such spurious arguments in other states:
EXHIBITS 3-4: STOKING RACIAL DIVISIONS TO GENERATE OPPOSITION - In another predictable move, civil rights opponents are attempting to divide and conquer various racial and demographic groups. The series of mail pieces below demonstrate an extremely cynical attempt to market bigotry to Maryland voters:
PROPAGANDA FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN VOTERS
STOKING RACIAL DIVISION: The mail pieces above should come as no surprise, given that Maryland's anti-civil rights campaign is being waged by forces that have admitted their goal is to stoke racial division. In fact, Jump the Broom's press packet notes the following goals (excerpt below):
- Get the message out to tell Black voters they can vote for President Obama and still retain their core value about marriage between one man and one woman
- Make same-sex marriage/gay marriage an issue black voters care about
- Convince Blacks that gay marriage is not a civil rights issue; it is a core family issue
EXHIBITS 5-6: CLUMSY MICROTARGETING OF HATE - In the hilariously clumsy micro-targeting attempt below, the haters attempt to market to different types of white voters. They lump voters of the Caucasian persuasion into either cowboys or bankers:
PROPAGANDA FOR COWBOYS & RANCH-HANDS
PROPAGANDA FOR YOUNG BANKERS
EXHIBITS 7-9: LAWNSIGNS & APPEALS TO CHRISTIANITY - Here is a lawnsign decorated with a cross that will be appearing in Maryland, followed by two non-religious signs from the haters:
EXHIBIT 10: ANTI-CIVIL RIGHTS PRESS PACKET REVEALS DIVISIVE TACTICS - Nothing I've noted above about the divisive tactics of the haters is a secret. They've spelled it all out in their press packet. See below:
See the organizational filing information for "Jump the Broom for Marriages" below:
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