Subject: [big campaign] American Bridge and Courage Campaign Launch “Mitt Gets Worse” Campaign
From: Chris Harris <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 13:36:17 -0400
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Hi folks - See below for info on an important new project we're launching
today. (I highly recommend you take a look at some of the testimonial
videos from those who have firsthand experience dealing with Mitt Romney
and LGBT issues. Incredibly moving). - CH

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*For Immediate Release*:

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

*Contact*:

Courage Campaign Super PAC: Doug Gordon - (202) 494-5141

American Bridge 21st Century: Chris Harris – (202) 747-2075

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*American Bridge and Courage Campaign Partner*

*To Launch “Mitt Gets Worse”*

*Rapid Response Campaign To Highlight **Romney’s Anti-LGBT Agenda*

http://www.MittGetsWorse.org <http://www.mittgetsworse.org/>

*WASHINGTON -- *Today, American Bridge 21st Century and Courage Campaign
Super PAC partnered to launch Mitt Gets Worse, a new oral history project
and rapid response campaign to educate voters about Mitt Romney’s extreme
anti‐LGBT agenda.

Romney has earned a reputation as a flip-flopper -- changing his positions
in whatever direction advances his career.  But when it comes to LGBT
issues, there’s one thing you can always count on: Mitt Gets Worse.

Year after year, Mitt has moved further and further toward the extreme
right. The Mitt Gets Worse campaign is an oral history of Mitt Romney’s
efforts to diminish the rights and the freedoms of LGBT Americans, told by
supporters, activists, and LGBT advocates that have personally been
impacted by Mitt’s anti-equality agenda.

Over the next few weeks, the campaign will be releasing first person
accounts of LGBT activists and organizers who have played key roles in this
fight.

The first video, released today by the campaign, is from Jennifer Chrisler,
Executive Director of the Family Equality Council, which represents more
than a million LGBT parents and the children they are raising. Together
with her partner Cheryl, Jennifer played a crucial role in securing the
freedom to marry in Massachusetts. They went toe-to-toe with Mitt, and they
continue to fight to preserve protections for same-sex parents and their
families.

You can see the video here: http://youtu.be/RLEH_l3gJNA

"Last week at the NAACP convention, Mitt Romney promised to represent 'all
Americans of every race, creed and sexual orientation.' It's hard to
believe that when he doesn't support our freedom to marry, serve in the
military, or even hold a job without fear of being fired because of who we
love. The fact of the matter is, under Mitt, for those of us who believe in
equality, it will get worse,” said *Courage Campaign founder Rick Jacobs*.

“The march towards equality in America’s civil rights history has been long
and difficult, but we have always moved in the right direction,” said *David
Brock, founder and chairman of American Bridge*. “The majority of Americans
don't want to reverse that trend, which is why they need to know that on
LGBT issues, under Mitt Romney it will get worse.”

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