An image of slain Libyan Ambassador
Chris Stevens' lifeless body is being used in an ad attacking
President Barack Obama on gay rights and Israel.
The campaign ad was produced by the
Broward County Log Cabin Republicans, the local chapter of gay GOP
group Log Cabin Republicans.
Under the headline, “Where is the
outrage now?” the group attacks the Obama administration for not
protecting Stevens: “If the Obama Administration isn't going to
protect Gay/Gay-friendly American citizens from the terror of Islamic
radicalism, what makes you think they will protect us from Shariah
Law … ANYWHERE?”
“SUPPORT ISRAEL IN THIS HOUR OF
DARKNESS,” the ad continues. “VOTE REPUBLICAN!”
The ad is a nod to rumors that Stevens
was gay which surfaced days after his death at the hands of an angry
mob who stormed the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
(Related: Bryan
Fischer suggests Hillary Clinton is partially to blame for Chris
Stevens' death.)
Gay group National Stonewall Democrats
said the ad “crossed the line of civil discourse.”
“It is simply unimaginable to me how
the muddy and ludicrous message of this ad in any way justifies
disgracing the memory of a man who gave his life in service to his
country,” Jerame Davis, the group's executive director, said in a
statement. “This level of depravity and moral indifference must
not be allowed to enter our political discourse.”
(Source: Bilerico.com.)