Today in class we talked all about advertisements and whether it is right to target them at kids. This reminded me of some videos that I had seen a couple of months ago by the Mormons in California. These commercials were about Proposition 8 in California back in 2008 and these commercials were not only targeted at kids but used them as an excuse to pass the Proposition. For those of you who don't know, Proposition 8 was initiated to ban same sex marriages in the state of California which had previously legalized the marriages. At the head of the support for the bill were the Mormons, all of which the bill didnt affect what so ever and many of the support coming from people who did not live in California. This is the video paid for by supporters of the proposition 8 legislator. I find this video and many others almost exactly like this disturbing. They are using kids to not only influence you but saying that the bill most directly affects them more then anyone else. Instead of stating their actual opinions they use a child to manipulate others into voting for what they want. What do you think about this advertisement? Do you think they should be allowed to show this?
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