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Anti-Obama Group Spends $1 Million On Race-Based Anti-Equality Ads | Anti-marriage equality group God Said is spending $1 million on swing state ads designed to alienate African-American voters from President Obama. Though attempting to turn racial minority groups against LGBT rights at the polls is a longstanding anti-equality tactic, it doesn’t appear to work. President Obama’s support for marriage equality significantly increased African-American support for the cause and had little effect on his approval ratings in the demographic.

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