GAY TRUTH

January 7, 2014   – Coca-Cola has launched a series of TV ads in four countries portraying same-sex relationships as a counterweight to displays of "hatred.” As part of its “ Reasons to Believe ” campaign, Coca-Cola has run  four ads  tailored to Irish , Dutch, Norweigan, and British audiences. All but the Irish ad show two men holding hands in what appears to be the end of a same-sex “marriage” ceremony. The ads consist of alternating positive and negative images, culminating in how life is better with Coke. One man is shown playing with a cat, another is shown tripping off a stage, and other people are shown in sporting events, raising money for a cure, and other common situations. In the ads showing the two men post-ceremony, their vignette follows a scene where a car is being kicked by unidentified people.  According to the ad's on-screen text, “For every display of hatred...there are 5,000 celebrations of love.” Monica Col...

Image via Wikipedia   Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin defended traditional marriage in the midst of a looming political attack during an address before the Mater Dei Institute of Education this past Tuesday. “The Irish Constitution clearly carves out a special role for the family.  The legal presumption is that the definition of the family in the Constitution is one based on marriage between a man and a woman,” the archbishop commented, according to the Iona Institute .  “In line with most European countries Ireland recognises the fundamental difference between marriage and other forms of relationship.” The archbishop’s comments come in the wake of a proposal on the part of Ireland’s two ruling political parties, Fine Gael and the Labor Party , for a Constitutional Convention to redraft the Irish Constitution. Among the changes proposed is the redefinition of marriage to include same-sex unions. The Fine Gael party replaced Fianna Fail as the new Parliamenta...