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NOM Manipulates Michelle Obama’s Speech For Race-Wedging Purposes | The New Civil Rights Movement noticed that the National Organization for Marriage selectively edited a clip of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Tuesday night speech to the Democratic National Convention to make it seem like she would impose same-sex marriage on the entire country as the “New American Dream.” Not only did Obama not describe any version of a “new American Dream,” she didn’t even use the word “new” in her speech. The edited clip also shows an African-American woman seemingly shaking her head in disapproval of Obama’s support for same-sex couples marrying, the latest example of NOM’s efforts to “drive a wedge between gays and blacks.” Watch the edited clip:
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