A Giant Billboard Of Trump And Cruz Kissing Just Went Up 5 Minutes From The RNC

[rug]

Republicans aren’t gonna be happy about this one...



07/14/2016
01:02 pm
JamesMichael Nichols
Queer Voices Deputy Editor, The Huffington Post

Republican National Convention-goers are in for a big surprise.

Planting Peace, the non-profit organization behind The Equality House, a rainbow-colored house that sits across the street from Westboro Baptist Church, is calling out Donald Trump and the Republican Party in a massive billboard that went up on Thursday in Cleveland, Ohio, where the RNC will take place next week. The billboard, below, shows an illustration of Trump poised to kiss Ted Cruz beside a caption that reads “Love trumps Hate. End homophobia.”

In the eyes of Aaron Jackson, President of Planting Peace, this high-profile move is intended as a direct response to the Republican party and the messages of hate it sends to marginalized groups ― particularly the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.

“What Donald, Ted and the Republican party either fail to realize, or realize and just don’t seem to care about, is that their words and actions toward our LGBT family―especially LGBT children―have meaning and impact,” Jackson told The Huffington Post. “LGBT children hear these messages telling them they are nothing but second class citizens and are left feeling broken or ‘less than.’”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-cruz-billboard-rnc_us_57869167e4b03fc3ee4efde4

http://www.plantingpeace.org/

[Wounded Bear]

1. Oh shit! Bring your eye bleach...

[Paladin]

2. I approve. (nt)

[ChisolmTrailDem]

3. So tender...very touching. *sniff*

[rurallib]

9. you can almost feel the love

[ChisolmTrailDem]

13. So...so...oh, I have something in my eye... *runs away*

[LuvNewcastle]

4. Kudos to whoever thought of that.

[Ilsa]

5. That's perfect! I hope the conventioneers

Have to change their britches after getting so upset from seeing it.

[Fritz Walter]

11. Which side of their undies will get soiled?

Front?
Back?
Both?!?

[Wednesdays]

14. Please... Don't give them ideas.

[TheCowsCameHome]

6. Cruz at March debate: "Breathe, Donald, breathe!"

Is this what he meant?

[Chakaconcarne]

7. Hmmmmm....I don't know

I can really appreciate the message here (not so much the visual) but this is going to infuriate a lot of unstable people who might direct their hatred toward the movement behind this message, ie gays, democrats, etc. In potentially violent ways and be able to justify it in their own sick ways. I don't know this is terribly effective and will achieve the desired result. Is this really going to sway someone on the fence? Not so sure.

[LakeArenal]

23. Yes, agreed

Sounds a little more like a Westboro type of thing. The fight fire with fire philosophy I guess. Also, it would be horrible if it is right by a neighborhood. Driving by it everyday. Twice a day.

[lindysalsagal]

41. You're right, but there was no hope for them, anyway. Might as well piss them off.

I think it's exactly what they deserve: Show them their own hate.

[Saviolo]

54. A agree, for slightly different reasons

I certainly think it's going to rile up the more adamant anti-LGBTQ base of the GOP who are at the convention, but more than that, it's basically a schoolyard taunt of "you guys are fags, lol!" and as a gay man, I've heard enough of that in my lifetime.

The idea behind it is sound, the intention is good, but really isn't there a better way to do it than an image inferring that Trump and Cruz are gay? The anti-LGBTQ crowd are just going to assume it's an insult, because to them, "gay, homo, pansy" are all insults. There has to be a better way to get this message across than a billboard-sized gay joke.

[Midnight Writer]

57. I agree. You catch more flies with honey than with whatever this is.

What is the point here? They are gay? They may be closeted gay? That is a 'bad thing"? An insult?

It is already a right wing bigot talking point that Hillary Clinton is lesbian. Is this really the level of debate we are searching for? Is this good for anybody?

Will we now see a Clinton-Warren billboard? Or a Clinton whoever the hell her VP is billboard? Shall we stop with a kiss, or should we go more explicit? And how many folks are going to see this and stop and reflect on their own views? Isn't it far more likely that folks will just dismiss the message out of hand and dig in their heels even deeper on their own preconceptions?

[turbinetree]

8. That is just AWESOME

[Cracklin Charlie]

10. That is perfect!

I feel sorry for the artist.

[gopiscrap]

12. Excellent

[connecticut yankee]

15. Love it!

[LynneSin]

16. line forms to the left for the DU Eye Bleach station....

[rug]

17. I almost feel sorry for trump.

[pangaia]

18. Rug.. did you HAVE to do that???

[enid602]

37. tRump

Trump just couldn't resist Cruz's itty bitty teeth and oversized gums. And the halitosis they still talk about at Princeton.

[Mendocino]

45. Dudley Dawson

"Call me booger"

[Motown_Johnny]

19. I hope there are security cameras...

...you know that is going to be vandalized.

[YOHABLO]

21. I think having a straight man kissing campaign would be fabulous. So all these celebs need to start

smooching in front of the camera, especially sports figures etc.. let's all start kissing each other.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

22. Can't you picture Ted running his fingers through Trumps hair?

[meow2u3]

26. Lawsuit filed in 3, 2, 1....

[Zambero]

28. And having it break loose in his hand?

That would certainly put a damper on the moment.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

50. I picture it leaping off his head and skittering across the room like in "Alien".

[caraher]

24. Too bad it ain't Trump and Pence

Especially after RFRA should have destroyed forever Pence's viability on a national level

[sarae]

38. They should do a series of them...

Trump and Pence.

Trump and Paul Ryan.

Trump and Christie.

Trump and Gingrich.

Sarah Palin and Jan Brewer. lol

[meow2u3]

25. Oh. My. Freakin'. God.

You owe me a keyboard!

[Zambero]

27. Newt and Christie are not amused

at being overlooked in favor of Ted Cruz.

[calimary]

29. OUCH!!!!!

Ouchez-vous! Well-deserved, though. Serves 'em right. They sure earned this one.

[Initech]

30. Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!! Can't unsee! Can't unsee!!!

[Daemonaquila]

31. Can I be totally grossed out now?

Two of the grossest human beings (I use the term loosely) on the planet smooching... Ew.

[liberalnarb]

56. My thoughts exactly.

[kairos12]

32. Pardon me while I rub ground glass in my eyes.

[japple]

33. Oh my. I think I need to make a contribution to The Equality House!!!

What a brave group of people.

[George II]

34. Excellent!

[AntiBank]

35. Mein Gott, hilf mir, diese tödliche Liebe zu überleben

[sarae]

36. awesome

It reminds me of this mural of Trump and Putin:

http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/15/politics/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-mural/

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[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

49. Trump has stated

He loves him some Putin

[Mendocino]

39. Trump and Cruz

speaking in tongues.

[forest444]

51. Thread winneh!

[lindysalsagal]

40. Genious!!!

[47of74]

42. My eyes!!!!!!!! They're burning!!!!!!!

[drm604]

43. If you enlarge that picture and look close...

it looks like Cruz's tongue is pierced.

[Person 2713]

44. I had always assumed it was forked like some serpant, but I see the stud!

[DemonGoddess]

46. bwahahahaha

I can see exploding Rethug heads already!

[Grassy Knoll]

47. "In Association With...."

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

48. Love it

[jalan48]

52. This is too funny.

We need more of this.

[Akamai]

53. Perhaps a dildo could be added to the picture in honor

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of Cruz's long war against dildos.

As Texas's Solicitor General, he bravely fought the sale of dildos in that state declaring that the constitution did not protect the right to pleasure one's genitals. (I wonder if he checked with his wife before he launched that crusade.)

Sure Trump is narcissistic, thoughtless, etc., but he doesn't have the monopoly on crazy -- Cruz sure got a full share of crazy from his evangelistic father.

See: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/04/ted-cruz-dildo-ban-sex-devices-texas For the story.

[Nevernose]

58. There's already two giant dildos on the billboard

What good would adding another one do?

I kid, I kid. I would never seriously compare those two assholes to dildos. Dildos are both fun and functional, while Republicans are very rarely either.

[Akamai]

59. You are keerect and I wish you a great day!

[Equinox Moon]

55. Thanks for the humor! This is great!

Audacious people to make and fund a huge billboard like that.


But you know what? It will get people to talk about, which is the point.

[Scurrilous]

60. K & R

[czarjak]

61. Stand strong, Ted...

Don't blink, Donald.

[krispos42]

63. My sympathies to the artist.

That person had to spend hours staring at a screen to make that image.

ewwwwww

[AgadorSparticus]

64. They should change this to Trump and Pence after the logo catastrophe.

[c588415]

65. fisting buddies