Miss Universe Pageant: Cease & Desist your anti-gay marriage ad
The Miss Universe Organization just told us they’ve fired off a cease and desist letter to the National Organization for Marriage — after NOM used footage from the Miss USA 2009 pageant in an anti-gay marriage commercial.
From the TMZ.com website which is reporting that Maggie Gallagher‘s National Organization of Marriage included, without asking, copyright video of conservative darling Carrie Prejean in its latest commercial against gay marriage rights. The Miss Universe pageant is said to be a joint venture between Donald Trump and NBC (TMZ)
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