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05/14/2012
Gay donor unwilling to bankroll Mitt's plan to keep him unequal
(CNN) – A well-known, openly gay supporter of Mitt Romney in New York has decided to withdraw his support for Romney and back President Barack Obama instead.
KEEP READING:Romney donor pulls support, backs Obama, over same-sex marriage [CNN]
I suspect this, a publicly noticeable back-out, is representative of countless more fair-minded financiers who will think twice before attaching their names and means to discrimination. And I don't think the two campaigns' bleeding will be anywhere close to a wash, either. Those who'd be more inclined to penalize Obama already thought he supported same-sex marriage anyway; those who were more inclined to support Mitt, despite his stated stance, had some hope that maybe he'd come around a bit after the primary. But when the President went forward, the challenger went to Liberty University. When the President signed on to equality, the challenger signed on to a promise to bring back a twice-failed Federal Marriage Amendment. When the President returned to his mid-'90s position of full equality, the challenger demolished his mid-'90s vow to be better on LGBT rights than Ted Kennedy.
The positions have come into focus. Let the campaign coin fall where it may.
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