As Republicans begin to arrive in Cleveland for the party convention, they will see a newly-erected billboard which features presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump in a passionate embrace with bitter leadership rival Ted Cruz.
The sign, which was posted by Planting Peace, features a message which reads, “Love Trumps Hate. End Homophobia.”
The organization posted the sign just 12 kilometres away from Quicken Loans Arena, the site of the convention.
Planting Peace issued a statement which says, “What Donald, Ted and the republican platform 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. LGBT children hear these messages telling them they are nothing but second class citizens and are left feeling somehow broken or ‘less than.’
“We challenge the GOP to think about how many times their children could hear messages like these and not be impacted or question their value and worth?”
Trump defeated Cruz for the Republican nomination in a nasty run-up to this fall’s U.S. election.
Cruz, was decidedly against gay marriage in the U.S., calling it “fundamentally illegitimate, lawless, and unconstitutional.”
While Trump has held more moderate views, his new running mate Mike Pence has been consistently against LGBTQ rights throughout his career.
Given where Republican party leaders stand, the billboard is sure to rankle a few feathers among party faithful.
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