An attorney for Protect Marriage, which is helping defend Proposition 8 in federal court, is demanding the Courage Campaign remove a Web site logo that mirrors its own. Rather, the same-sex marriage logo is identical to the anti-gay marriage logo, except that it features two women and their two children, instead of a male-female couple and their two children.
The courage campaign said their own logo is clearly a parody.
Julia Rosen writes on her blog: "They are upset that we are parodying them and are making themselves out to be victims again. It’s just ridiculous. It’s very clear that our logo is a parody, and they are just freaking out about an image depicting a family of two mothers with two kids. The ProtectMarriage.com logo was originally used as the pro-Prop. 8 logo, you know the proposition this trial is about … that little thing."
Through its attorney, Protect Marriage says the Courage Campaign is engaging in copyright infringement, and they have issued a cease-and-desist demand. The group's Ohio attorney, John M. Skeriotis, gave the same-sex marriage group two days to remove the image from the face of the Earth or they would consider a lawsuit.
In response, the Courage Campaign uses the word "sassy" to describe why it altered the logo. Los Angeles attorney Nathan B. Sabri wrote back: "This difference between our client’s parodic logo and your client’s logo is a graphical representation of the core difference between Courage Campaign’s views and ProtectMarriage.com’s views, presented in a sassy way that will not be lost on the public."
Read both letters here.
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