Gots dem’ homophobic campaign commercial blues
Give me a friggin’ break:
Yes on Proposition 8′s second television ad began statewide airing Wednesday.
“It’s Already Happened”INT. KITCHEN. A mom is sitting at the kitchen table working on paperwork. Her young daughter, a second-grader, comes into the kitchen and excitedly starts talking.
GIRL
Mom, guess what we learned in school today?MOM
What, sweetie?MCU: Girl is fishing something out of her backpack.
GIRL
We learned about a prince who married another prince.CU: The girl hands her mother a copy of the book, King and King.
GIRL
And I can marry a princess.CU MOM. She has a look of total disbelief on her face.
EFX: The footage of the kitchen scene freezes. We have a distinguished gentleman in a dark suit walk on screen. (He’s standing before a green screen.)
SUPER: Professor Richard Peterson
Pepperdine University School of LawPETERSON
Think it can’t happen? It’s already happened.EFX: Peterson walks off screen. Footage of court scene comes up.
ANNCR
When Massachusetts legalized gay marriage, schools began teaching second graders that boys can marry boys. The courts ruled…
SUPER: No Legal Right to Object
Parker v. Hurley, 414 F.3d 87 (1st Cir.2008)ANNCR
Parents had no right to object.EFX: We see footage of a book that reads California Education Code. A hand opens it to section 51933. Camera moves to a close up and the words are highlighted in yellow: “Instruction and materials shall teach respect for marriage.”
ANNCR
Under California law, public schools instruct kids about marriage. Teaching children about gay marriage WILL happen here,
EFX: We are back in the kitchen. We see the mother holding the book in her hands with a dumbfounded look on her face.
ANNCR
…unless we pass Proposition 8.SUPER: Protect Our Children. Restore Marriage. Yes on Proposition 8
www.protectmarriage.comEFX: A red swoosh line comes on screen underlining the text as if from a magic marker.
ANNCR
Yes on 8.SUPER: Paid for by ProtectMarriage.com — Yes on 8, a project of California Renewal. Major funding by Knights of Columbus, National Organization for Marriage California Committee and Focus on the Family.
That’s not homophobic