Surrogates of Rick Santorum ran
robo-calls in Wisconsin accusing Mitt Romney of advancing gay
marriage.
The robo-calls, which first appeared a
day before voters in Ohio headed to the polls on Super Tuesday,
feature Brian Camenker, who heads the Massachusetts-based anti-gay
rights group MassResistance, and were paid for by the conservative
group Jews
and Christians Together.
On MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show,
host Rachel Maddow noted that the calls were sent out in advance of
Tuesday's primary in Wisconsin.
“If you believe as we do that
marriage and sexuality should only be between a man and a woman,
please help us stop Mitt Romney,” callers are told.
“As governor, Romney signed Gay Youth
Pride Day proclamations, promoted homosexuality in our elementary
schools, and unconstitutionally ordered state officials to make
Massachusetts America's first same-sex marriage state. Romney
supports open homosexuality in the military, the appointment of
homosexual judges, and the ENDA law, making it illegal to fire a man
who wears a dress and high heels to work, even if he's your kid's
teacher.”
“When you vote tomorrow, please vote
for social sanity and Rick Santorum, not for homosexuality and Mitt
Romney.”
Commenting on the calls, Maddow said:
“Rick Santorum lost both the states where this robo-call was sent
out, but how many people who got this robo-call now think that Rick
Santorum has a running mate named 'social sanity' and Mitt Romney is
running for president along with a vice presidential nominee named
'homosexuality'? Seriously, that's what it makes it sound like.”
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(Related: Rachel
Maddow: Rick Santorum, Michele Bachmann look ridiculous bashing
gays.)