The ad “Strong” by Rick Perry is about religion and same sex relationships. Perry plainly states what and how he feels. The ad starts out with Rick Perry, in a brown barn jacket and dark blue shirt, speaks to the camera as he walks up a grassy hill. "I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm a Christian," he says. "But you don't need to be in the pew every Sunday to know there's something wrong in this country when gays can serve openly in the military but our kids can't openly celebrate Christmas or pray in school." He continues, "As president, I'll end Obama's war on religion. And I'll fight against liberal attacks on our religious heritage. Faith made America strong. It can make her strong again." Rick Perry is obviously appealing to the rights of Christians and how they have been taken away and comparing that to gay rights. He is subtly appealing to those in Iowa who are against this to gain votes.
Struggling for power in the Republican contest, Perry is gambling that the religious conservatives who typically dominate Iowa's kickoff caucuses will warm to his candidacy if he appeals to them with a socially conservative message. He's also drawing a contrast with rival Mitt Romney whose Mormon faith gives many evangelicals pause and Newt Gingrich, who recently converted to Catholicism but has been divorced twice and has acknowledged infidelity in his first two marriages. But this ad, attacks President Barack Obama directly on gay rights and religion.
Perry's suggestion that Obama has led the way in banning prayer in public school is factually wrong. The Supreme Court prohibited school prayer in two landmark decisions in 1962 and 1963, calling it an unconstitutional violation of the First Amendment. The court has repeatedly reaffirmed restrictions on religious expression in public schools, including a decision banning the posting of the Ten Commandments in school and