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For a bit of context, the National Organization for Marriage, founded in 2007, describes itself as a group created "in response to the growing need for an organized opposition to same-sex marriage in state legislatures." To do that, they run an education fund and a political action committee and have spent $1.5 million on this nation-wide ad, which, according to YouTube, has been viewed well over 100,000 times since it was uploaded on April 7 (though it's unclear how many of those viewers are angry or amused or irony-minded liberals).

To their unending credit, gay rights groups are taking a break from the busy work of fending off attacks on gay marriage to enjoy a bit of a chuckle

That’s right, gay moms and dads and their children are invited to attend the White House Egg Roll.

Representatives from Family Equality Council, Human Rights Campaign, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and other groups confirmed they were invited and encouraged to have their members participate.

“The Obama administration actually reached out to us as an organization, and said we want gay families there, and they are an important part of the American family fabric,” said Jennifer Chrisler, executive director of the Boston-based Family Equality Council, which is helping spearhead the effort to organize families to attend.

In the very recent past, things were a bit different.

In 2006 during the Bush administration, more than 100 gay families attended the egg roll in part to make the statement that they should be welcome. Some conservatives accused gays and lesbians of trying to “crash” the event and turn it into forum for ideological politicking.