A group of
California Republicans has released a 60-second response to
the first "Yes on 8" advertisement that emphasizes the GOP's
history of expanding the rights of all Americans.
Scott Schmidt,
campaign manager for Republicans Against 8, said in a
press release that his group is "giving a voice to the
more than one million Republicans who believe our
Party should stand for freedom and limited government.
Our Party shouldn't be trying to take away people's
rights."
The video, called
"Freedom is a Republican Value," targets GOP women by
focusing on the party's support for the equal treatment of
women, including women's right to vote, Richard Nixon's
Title IX, which granted female college
students equal access to athletic scholarships,
and Ronald Reagan's appointment of Sandra Day O'Connor to
the U.S. Supreme Court.
The close of the
video alludes to VP pick Sarah Palin as an example of
the party's equanimity: "It will take a Republican to put a
woman in the White House."
"Just a century
ago, women had fewer rights than gays and lesbians
have today," said Schmidt in the release. "It took
Republican leadership to make progress in expanding
rights for women. Members of our party should not turn
their backs on that Grand Old legacy of promoting
fairness and freedom."
Watch the video
at www.RepublicansAgainst8.com.
(The Advocate)
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