Grrr. Gay couple shocked to find their faces on anti-gay mailer
A gay couple who used the romantic backdrop of the Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan to announce their engagement sued a conservative group Wednesday for altering the picture's background and using the men's image in a mailer targeting Colorado lawmakers who supported civil unions.
The Southern Poverty Law Center filed the suit on behalf of the couple, Brian Edwards and Tom Privitere of Montclair, N.J., and the photographer who took their engagement picture two years ago, Kristina Hill. It was filed in federal court in Denver against the Falls Church, Va.-based group Public Advocate of the United States.
Edwards and Privitere did not learn that the picture of them kissing against a fake background of snow-covered trees was circulating among Colorado voters until after the June primary. Two Republican candidates, Jean White and Jeffrey Hare, were targeted in the mailer featuring the doctored photograph.
The mailer targeting White, who had been an incumbent and who had supported legislation in favor of same-sex civil unions, included the words: "State Sen. Jean White's Idea of Family Values?" over the image of Edwards and Privitere leaning in to kiss.
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the entire article will leave you fuming.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-gay-picture-lawsuit-20120926,0,7297532.story
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