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Corporate Support for GLAAD Media Awards Funding LGBT Political Agenda in 2016

This weekend over forty major corporations and organizations will help present the 27th GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) Media Awards. The annual event is held with the purpose of recognizing efforts to promote LGBT issues in media and entertainment. According to the event website, all proceeds from the GLAAD Media Awards are used to support the organization’s “culture-changing” work.

2nd Vote’s research team has taken a deep look into GLAAD’s history and found that much of the organization’s work focuses on training media outlets on the terminology and strategies used to cover their issue advocacy, especially on the issues of marriage and religious liberty.

In recent years and months, GLAAD has:

Openly advocated for the Supreme Court overturn of the Federal Defense of Marriage Act and state laws protecting traditional marriage.

Organized online activists to prevent the implementation of legislation protecting the 1st Amendment rights of pastors and churches in Georgia.

Collaborated with Equality NC, the Human Rights Campaign, and the NAACP to organize protests against North Carolina’s HB-2 and helping spread misinformation on the law, including labeling the legislation a “Hate Bill”.

While the corporate sponsors of the Media Awards help fund GLAAD’s grassroots efforts to push an agenda that erodes religious liberties and traditional values, they also support GLAAD’s development of strategies to shape the terms of debate in the media.

GLAAD has devoted an entire resource page dedicated to delivering talking points for the 2016 election as a resource for allies in the press. Beyond efforts to frame their liberal position on marriage and so-called ‘Bathroom Bills’, GLAAD is giving reporters suggestions on practices to undermine voter ID laws.

The following entities are listed as partners on the GLAAD Media Awards homepage and help support this liberal organization’s ability to advance its agenda on a national scale:

Presenting Partners

Delta

Hilton

Ketel One

Wells Fargo

Official Partner

Bud Light (Anheuser-Busch)

Titanium Partners

Comcast NBCUniversial

Telemundo

Southwest Airlines

Platinum Partners

Allstate

AT&T

CBS

Disney/ABC

ESPN

Facebook

HBO

Hyundai

MetLife

NBA

WNBA

Netflix

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Sheppard Mullin

Showtime

TimeWarner

Viacom

Gold Partners

Deloitte

Edelman

Nielsen

Omnicom Group

Universal McCann

Univision

Westfield

Silver Partners

Carat

Citi

Coca-Cola

Major League Baseball

National Football League

Skadden

Starz

TLC

US Bank

WWE

Many of these corporations are scored by 2nd Vote. Come to our blog (https://t.e2ma.net/click/pzsnf/xhs90q/9ipllb) for links to the score pages for these companies and more background information on GLAAD.

Thank you again for your support,

Lance Wray

Executive Director, 2nd Vote

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