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James Antle III <[email protected]> > - Subscribe to RSS <http://dailycaller.com/author/jantle/feed/> > - Follow on Twitter <http://twitter.com/jimantle> > - > Bio<http://dailycaller.com/wp-content/themes/dctwo/authorbio.php?user=jantle> > > Ads by > Google<http://www.google.com/url?ct=abg&q=https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/request.py%3Ftrunc%3D1%26contact%3Dabg_afc%26url%3Dhttp://dailycaller.com/2013/06/26/aclu-launches-campaign-to-win-gop-support-for-gay-marriage/%26gl%3DUS%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dca-pub-4362624082965872%26ai0%3DCFOJsnnPQUY_nBo_YwQGqs4DIA6yvlsYDvMfwv0_AjbcBEAEg8ZPsFygOUPj1vuP4_____wFgyYaAgICAgBCgAeTXvecDyAEBqAMBqgS2AU_Q78-kB2jSziraA1uHlJ8QmVdzauAryHOHmMx4hUjnSvR3mHVw2pyZCIfmPoVmtO0m2HngTHAoEr8vcOC18dUbB3jA_VwM3QWx7jkBZ36-LRUPjRjV2KWFFTNm_wFS1j9qEYotOg38JnuOVu2kNWAV2SWQzwiNsPnVrCefbBQpJ4MHcJJF8ZJF4cXOF0ZrOBV7ehp6Y9JSehDstBcuVYUXyQLMaDfdHO-gZZwVwbG1IQE99EXu2AYEgAeEqMIY%26ai1%3DCRqNRnnPQUY_nBo_YwQGqs4DIA9fI1d8D95CgtlPAjbcBEAIg8ZPsFygOUMndzbkEYMmGgICAgIAQoAHJ9PXgA8gBAagDAaoEswFP0N-djgdu0s4q2gNbh5SfEJlXc2rgK8hzh5jMeIVI50r0d5h1cNqcmQiH5j6FZrTtJth54ExwKBK_L3DgtfHVGwd4wP1cDN0Fse45AWd-vi0VD40Y1dilhRUzZv8BUtY_ahGKLToN_CZ7jlbtpDVgFdklkM8IjbD51awnn2wUKSeDB3CSRfGSPeLFhheYKr7AGOujkYhdHXoQlqkXGKiGUTQBqp00_ensoNCfEWG3ZmH_7tgGBIAHn4uKHw%26ai2%3DCEKrwnnPQUY_nBo_YwQGqs4DIA4yEjFGykMbTG8CNtwEQAyDxk-wXKA5Q7ZGZggFgyYaAgICAgBCgAd7T3_0DyAEBqAMBqgSzAU_Q_72lB2nSziraA1uHlJ8QmVdzauAryHOHmMx4hUjnSvR3mHVw2pyZCIfmPoVmtO0m2HngTHAoEr8vcOC18dUbB3jA_VwM3QWx7jkBZ36-LRUPjRjV2KWFFTNm_wFS1j9qEYotOg38JnuOVu2kNWAV2SWQzwiNsPnVrCefbBQpJ4MHcJJF8ZI94sWGF7UC6_AY66ORiF0dehCWqRcYqIZRNAGqnTT96eyg0J8RYbdLa93w2AYEgAeKrKAC%26ai3%3DCpuwennPQUY_nBo_YwQGqs4DIA-G7rcADqZfrykDAjbcBEAQg8ZPsFygOUMn-2tT4_____wFgyYaAgICAgBCgAfeA1_0DyAEBqAMBqgSzAU_Qz82zB2_SziraA1uHlJ8QmVdzauAryHOHmMx4hUjnSvR3mHVw2pyZCIfmPoVmtO0m2HngTHAoEr8vcOC18dUbB3jA_VwM3QWx7jkBZ36-LRUPjRjV2KWFFTNm_wFS1j9qEYotOg38JnuOVu2kNWAV2SWQzwiNsPnVrCefbBQpJ4MHcJJF8ZI94sWGF959w9sY66ORiF0dehCWqRcYqIZRNAGqnTT96eyg0J8RYbduCO7w2AYEgAfx_qgC&usg=AFQjCNED9rR4u7Dz07mrDSRnEhOi5VxZzg> > > Shortly after the Supreme > Court<http://dailycaller.com/2013/06/26/aclu-launches-campaign-to-win-gop-support-for-gay-marriage/> > struck > down part of the Defense of Marriage Act, the American Civil Liberties > Union announced a new initiative aimed at winning Republican support for > gay marriage at the state level. > > The ACLU’s campaign will be led by Steve Schmidt, a Republican consultant > who held senior positions in the presidential campaigns of George W. Bush > and John McCain. Schmidt also managed Arnold Schwarzenegger’s California > gubernatorial re-election campaign. > > Additionally, the ACLU announced the hiring of GOProud co-founder and > former Executive > Director<http://dailycaller.com/2013/06/26/aclu-launches-campaign-to-win-gop-support-for-gay-marriage/> > Jimmy > LaSalvia. 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The ACLU is planning to spend $10 million on this effort > through 2016. > > ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero told The Daily Caller News > Foundation that he was interested in reaching Republicans “where they are” > and trying to change minds on marriage. He praised Schmidt as someone who > would > help<http://dailycaller.com/2013/06/26/aclu-launches-campaign-to-win-gop-support-for-gay-marriage/> > connect > them to GOP leaders in the nearly 40 states that do not permit same-sex > marriage. > > LaSalvia will play a similar role with the tea party. “Jimmy isn’t with > the ACLU on issues like abortion or voting rights,” Romero said. “But he > has connections that can help us reach the tea party.” > > Romero told TheDC News Foundation that the ACLU decided to begin a > “respectful dialogue” with Republicans after the oral arguments in the gay > marriage cases before the Supreme Court. They concluded the court was > unlikely to strike down state laws on marriage, and therefore engaging the > states in a bipartisan manner was “the next step for marriage equality.” > > > > Read more: > http://dailycaller.com/2013/06/26/aclu-launches-campaign-to-win-gop-support-for-gay-marriage/#ixzz2Xixbs2MQ >
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