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• CENTURY CAREER CENTER INTERN: LIAM GAY | NEWS | –
• RICK PERRY LATT AD ATTACKS GAYS THE MILARY
• PERRY’S CHIEF POLLSTER ‘OUTED’ BACKLASH, -FIGHTG OVER ANTI-GAY AD
• GOV. PERRY ON NTROVERSIAL GAY MENTS
• PERRY’S NEW TV AD PERRY TAK ON OBAMA’S ‘WAR ON RELIGN,’ GAYS MILARY
• PERRY GAYPRINT/CEO, LOGANSPORT MEMORIAL HOSPAL

CENTURY CAREER CENTER INTERN: LIAM GAY | NEWS | –

Stunt’s name: Liam Gay. Parents’ nam: Perry and Keva Gay.

Rick Perry’s new ad “Strong” has quickly bee known by another name: “Perry’s anti-gay ad. ”“There’s somethg wrong this untry when gays n serve openly the ary but our kids n’t openly celebrate Christmas or pray school, ” Perry said the clip, which buted on Wednday after his mpaign announced a $1 ln ad buy Richard Oppel Jr.

RICK PERRY LATT AD ATTACKS GAYS THE MILARY

Of the New York Tim reported, the Log Cab Republins, a gay activist group, was quick to cricize the ad, sayg  “was wrong for Governor Perry to assume beg a person of fah do not afford one to support equaly. ”On YouTube, the ad received well over 100, 000 “dislik” (pared to fewer than 3, 000 “lik”), wh gay rights activists and progrsive bloggers g social media to tilt that balance.

PERRY’S CHIEF POLLSTER ‘OUTED’ BACKLASH, -FIGHTG OVER ANTI-GAY AD

As Iowan Jsi Vann Berg tweeted, “Irony…Rick Perry’s anti-gay ad jt played on Ellen the D Mo media market. WASHINGTON — The ntroversial anti-gay televisn ad that began airg Iowa Wednday om the mpaign of Texas Governor Rick Perry — which Perry tak direct aim cricizg the Obama admistratn’s repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell — has sharply divid his advisers, and ed fightg between nservative gay GOP polil groups.

GOV. PERRY ON NTROVERSIAL GAY MENTS

In the ad, Perry qutns why gay and lbian service members n now openly serve the armed forc while Amerin children “n’t openly celebrate Christmas or pray school.

“You don’t need to be the pew every Sunday to know that there’s somethg wrong this untry when gays n serve openly the ary but our kids n’t openly celebrate Christmas or pray school, ” Perry said.

The ntroversy didn’t stop there as today saw a nontatnal seri of tweets om GOP gay group GOProud’s board chairman Christopher Barron and -founr and executive director Jimmy LaSalvia, blastg Fabriz — utilizg a gay slur a meang way another tweet — and effectively outg Fabriz as a gay man. “Perry’s pollster and strategist Tony Fabriz has led his pockets wh gay money (om folks like [The] Gill [Foundatn]) for years and now he ss back and watch as Perry unfolds a signed strategy to monize gay people to sre polil pots. LaSalvia disagreed — “Perry said the ad that the service of tens of thoands of patrtic gay Amerins is what’s wrong this untry.

PERRY’S NEW TV AD PERRY TAK ON OBAMA’S ‘WAR ON RELIGN,’ GAYS MILARY

Fay of Tyler Clementi learned he was gay weeks before his ath, announce foundatn.

Perry on ntroversial gay ments. Perry rponds to his ments parg homosexualy to alholism.

PERRY GAYPRINT/CEO, LOGANSPORT MEMORIAL HOSPAL

Rick Perry's latt TV ad acc Print Obama of lnchg a "war on relign" and criciz the policy of gay men and women servg openly the ary. "I'm not ashamed to adm that I'm a Christian, but you don't need to be the pew every Sunday to know that there's somethg wrong this untry when gays n serve openly the ary but our kids n't openly celebrate Christmas or pray school, " Perry, wearg a tan jacket and blue shirt while walkg and lookg directly toward the mera, says the ad. Bill Burton, senr strategist for Prri USA, a pro-Obama group, lled Perry's latt ad "astonishgly tolerant" and termed the TV spot a "war on gays.

On Tuday, Perry railed agast Obama for his cisn to e foreign aid to promote and protect the human rights of the gay and lbian muny abroad.

"Promotg special rights for gays foreign untri is not Ameri's terts and not worth a dime of taxpayers' money, " Perry said a statement.