Good As You: Mitt Romney Roundup
10/29/2012
Flashback: That time Mitt Romney equated marriage equality decision with Dred Scott
From the Wall Street Journal, 2/5/04:
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09/20/2012
Romney, on wrong side of polls, reminds us that he's on wrong side of history
Is it just me, or does the "well my kids are all married" line that the candidate instantaneously offers up add an extra level of offense? But actually, Romney noting that his kids are all married—easily, without controversy, could have...
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09/17/2012
Video: 'Why would I vote for someone who'd take rights away from my friends?'
A straight ally ably notes the proffered promises of one Willard Mitt Romney: Register. Vote. Win the future.
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09/15/2012
Mitt Romney proudly addresses 'gays controlled by the Devil' group #VVS12
This is the Family Research Council: "Who do you think is ultimately behind the efforts to advance the radical homosexual agenda, indoctrinate our children, and ruin our military, now? Who's behind the efforts to get God out of government, Christ...
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08/31/2012
'I am a social moderate' said Romney (when saying so was politically convenient) #GOP2012 #DNC2012
Let's compare last night's GOP convention speech with one delivered a decade prior. This comes from the 2002 Massachusetts state GOP Convention: "My dad, George Romney, was a three-term governor of Michigan. He walked the streets of Detroit with Martin...
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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...
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05/10/2012
Video: Mitt Romney: Backwards on Equality
Extremely powerful video from the Obama campaign: *What "backwards" looks like, in print: [Romney Affirms Support for National Organization For Marriage Pledge]
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04/26/2012
What Mitt Romney will be supporting when he speaks at Liberty (cc: @RichardGrenell)
A continued study, this one featuring Liberty Law School Associate Dean Matt Barber: *EARLIER: Does Liberty University even *want* Mitt Romney? [G-A-Y]
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04/25/2012
Does Liberty University even *want* Mitt Romney?
When it comes to Liberty University, there are no two people who more visibly represent the school than law school deans and Liberty Counsel (LU's affiliated legal firm/activist arm) personalities Mat Staver and Matt Barber. Even President, Chancellor, and heir...
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04/20/2012
Romney's (gay) spokesman claims boss shares same rights/marriage positions as Obama, Clinton
Mitt Romney has signed the National Organization For Marriage's pledge. To remind you of the vows in that menacing pledge: [NOM] In terms of stopping or rolling back marriage rights for same-sex couples, it's hard to go much further than...
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04/17/2012
'I am a social moderate' said Romney when saying so was politically convenient
2002: "My dad, George Romney, was a three-term governor of Michigan. He walked the streets of Detroit with Martin Luther King in support of Civil Rights. His courage was matched by that of my mother, Lenore, who ran for the...
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03/30/2012
Latest: Romney's PAC funded NOM's divisiveness
This is breaking. And huge: KEEP READING: One of NOM’s Top Secret Donors Revealed: Mitt Romney[HRC] MORE: Mitt Romney's PAC Funded Anti-Gay Marriage Group Under The Radar[Huff Po]
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10/18/2011
'Is Romney a new GOP Star?' asks fifty years ago
There's nothing LGBT related in this. But it's certainly some interesting color, in light of our modern political reality: (Click for full size)
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08/05/2011
Video: Book on 'pro-gay' Romney keeps fantasy genre alive
Already made your way through your summer reading list yet still yearning for more? Have an interest in politics? Enjoy stigmatizing and marginalizing a rich, vibrant, and sizable portion of the population and the politicos who support their rights? Have...
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06/08/2011
21st century Mitt shirks 'sin' question; 20th century Mitt 'just said it was wrong'
As you may have heard by now, Mitt Romney refused to answer Piers Morgan's questions regarding whether he sees homosexuality as a sin. Which is not surprising, as Romney has been quite pragmatic about his LGBT rights support/opposition for most...
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09/13/2008
VALUES VOTERS 2008: Unequal coMITTments
At last year's Values Voters Summit, we watched Mitt's Romney's speech with an assumption that he'd serve on a fall '08 presidential ticket in some capacity. At this year's VV Summit, we of course know that Mitt's White House (or...
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02/07/2008
Adios a-Mitt-o
Now in "We knew this was coming" news: One of the two Republican candidates who supports a federal marriage amendment, Mitt Romney, has officially dropped out of the primary. He said today at CPAC: "If I fight on in my...
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01/28/2008
Video: Roe foes' heaping pile of bullMitt
RoeGone.org, a group that is billing itself as "the conservative answer to MoveOn.org, has launched a new attack ad aimed at Mitt Romney. So, being the staunch conservatives that they are, what is the major focus of the group's strike?...
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01/16/2008
Video: But Mitt, what makes you so different?
In response to Mike Huckabee's revelatory comment that we need to "amend the Constitution so it’s in God’s standards rather than trying to change God’s standards so it lines up with some contemporary view of how we treat each other...
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12/27/2007
We agree about opposing Mitt, but for very diff. reasons
Yesterday, while you were busy returning sh*tty gifts and stocking up on half price peppermint bark, professional anti-gay Peter LaBarbera was busy trying to convince folks that GOP contender Mitt Romney is WAY too gay-friendly for his team's needs. The...
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12/17/2007
Claim: Romney a carcinogen
The director of the so-called Pro-Life Massachusetts group, R.T. Neary, is asking for a mea culpa from Mitt Romney in regards to the supposedly liberal things that the presidential candidate brought to the Bay State during his stint as governor....
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10/19/2007
Video: Semi-Live Streaming the 'Values Voters' Summit (Pt. 10)
You know what's heartwarming? Spending some quality time with the love of your life on a Friday evening, swapping stories about the minutiae of your week over a nice glass of Pinot. You know what's the opposite of heartwarming? Having...
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10/15/2007
Craig: Romney left tire tracks on my face
The AP has published some excerpts from the interview that Matt Lauer has conducted with Sen. Larry Craig (which is set to air tomorrow night). And the most revelatory revelation from those released excerpts? That Craig feels betrayed by Mitt...
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10/04/2007
Video: Loggin' Mitt's past
Fearing the thought of a Mitt Romney presidency: An issue that unites gay liberals and gay conservatives alike. Why do we say that? Well, just look at this latest ad from the the Log Cabin Republicans, in which those GOP...
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09/17/2007
Mitt: Closeted fan of the Dykes on Bikes parade?
Do the gays dislike the idea of a Mitt Romney presidency because of his staunch belief in anti-gay politics, or do we dislike the idea because of Mitt's opportunistic adoption of anti-gay politics in order to gain conservative ground? Well,...
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06/07/2007
Romney: I love every family, both the 'ideal' and the 'not-so-much'
So yesterday, while speaking at Massachusetts' Concord High School, GOP White House would-be Mitt Romney was confronted by a lesbian mother about his opposition to same-sex marriage. After Romney made some statements against gay marriage, Cynthia Fish, who has a...
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05/24/2007
Mr. Romney, you only have a gay-accepting record if you happen to own a Village People LP
Speaking on the subject of gay morality, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney told the AP today: "I don't think that a person who's running for a secular position as I am should talk about or engage in discussions of what...
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04/05/2007
Romney CoMitts himself to same ol' bullMitt
In light of the news that his successor has ordered 26 out-of-state same-sex marriages to be recognized, former Massachusetts governor and current GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has once again voiced support for a federal marriage amendment. He said in...
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01/15/2007
The Mitt hits the 'pro-fam'
It must be tough to be Mitt Romney these days. On one hand, he continues to get denounced by pro-equality folks (like ourselves) who are appalled by the way he, as governor of Massachusetts, fostered a culture of non-acceptance in...
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01/11/2007
Video: Romney then & now
This was posted yesterday... Which prompted this response... Oh, Mitt. Did you slowly lose one principle a year, or did your progressive stands escape you in one fleeting moment around 1999? Well, either way -- can't wait to see your...
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01/03/2007
Romney throws hate hat in ring
Outgoing Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has announced that he's officially forming an exploratory committee in preparation to make a bid for the White House. In a related story, we are launching our own exploration into the predicted state of the...
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01/02/2007
Unlike predecessor, Deval won't devalue gay couples
Deval Patrick (pic.), the incoming governor of Massachusetts, today urged the state legislature to not vote in favor of a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. A pronouncement to which outgoing governor Mitt Romney was heard to respond: "Hmm..wonder if he'll...
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12/27/2006
Ruling: Mass high court to let lawmakers think for selves
Shooting down our opposition's attempts for now, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled today that they do not have the authority to force the legislature to vote on a constitutional amendment banning the state's currently legal practice of gay marriage....
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12/14/2006
Mitt defends his record against the crippling blight of acceptance
Outgoing Massachusetts governor and likely presidential candidate Mitt Romney has taken the opportunity to refute his past statements implying gay-friendliness and support for gay marriage. He tells National Review: These old interviews and stories have frequently been circulated by my...
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11/30/2006
Mitt goes courtin' to stop gays from courtin'
Today in Boston, the Supreme Judicial Court (the same Mass. court that gave gay marriage the go-ahead in 2004) will hear outgoing governor Mitt Romney's request that they use their judicial power to force a vote on a constitutional amendment...
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11/29/2006
LaBarbera asks Santa for a more "boldly" anti-gay Mitt
Speaking about Mitt Romney, the way he's handled gay marriage while governor of Massachusetts, and his chances for obtaining the 2008 GOP presidential nomination, Peter LaBarbera (pic.) of the so-called "Americans for Truth" says today on the organization's website: I...
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11/21/2006
One who wants to ban us extremely vs. one who wants to ban us moderately: Romney criticizes McCain's gay marriage views
In an interview with The Examiner, outgoing Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney said of the "against gay marriage but also against a federal marriage amendment" stance of his likely rival for the GOP presidential nomination, John McCain: “That’s his position, and...
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11/20/2006
Mitt determined to stop the society-wrecking, family-ruining crisis that has plagued his state
As expected, outgoing Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney said yesterday that he'll try and force a question onto the state's ballot, in which voters could choose to outlaw the Bay State's currently legal practice of same-sex marriage. Less expected, however: He...
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11/16/2006
Oh Deval Patrick, your term cannot begin soon enough
In what we see as a transparent way for him to energize conservatives as he gears up for a 2008 presidential run, outgoing Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has announced he'll appear at an anti-gay marriage rally this Sunday in Boston,...
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10/16/2006
Romney: This 'marriage is all about children' thing seems to be working, so I'll go with that
Well, the anti-gay "Liberty Sunday" soiree was held last night, and it seems to have been just as queer-demonizing as anticipated. The money words from the night seem to have come from Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, who the AP covers...
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10/02/2006
Headline that will delight many progressives until they realize there are multiple meaings of the second word: Romney's resigned
Telling the Boston Globe,``I have to follow the law"..."This is a nation of laws, even if I don't like them," Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has reluctantly indicated that he won't challenge Friday's Superior Court ruling saying that Rhode Island gay...
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07/31/2006
African Americans join us in knowing what it feels like to be hurt by a Mitt
Mass. Governor Mitt Romney, he who supports numerous anti-gay initiatives and policies, this weekend drew the ire of African American civil rights groups for referring to a problematic construction project as a "tar baby." Those associated with Romney say the...
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07/05/2006
Not satisfied with only pissing off his state's gays, Romney takes marriage antipathy South
The Boston Globe is reporting that Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (pic.) -- a possible GOP presidential candidate who's in favor of banning his state's currently legal practice of same-sex marriage and who has backed more than a few queer-unfriendly initiatives...
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06/19/2006
We go 'mano e mano' with Mitt; Mitt surely thinks 'mano e womano' would've been more appropriate
From the Des Moines Register, quoting Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney's stumping for the '08 presidential nomination at this weekend's Iowa Republican State Convention: "Some people think we're intolerant and not willing to let people choose their own lifestyle" Romney said...
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05/12/2006
Governor's commission restrained by its should-be leader
Two days before the commission's annual Youth Pride parade, Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (pic.) on Thursday either (a) considered abolishing the Governor's Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth, or (b) actually did issue an executive order revoking the commission in...
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03/16/2006
Romney officially files 'Protecting Religious Freedom' bill; we say, 'what about religious freedom of Bill/Bill?'
Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney (pic.) has made good on his vow to try and exempt Catholic Charities from having to offer adoption services to gay and lesbian parents, filing legislation yesterday that'd allow them to sidestep the state's nondiscrimination law....
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03/07/2006
Mitt to help Catholics limit child distribution to 'rosexual set
Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney told reporters yesterday that he would try to find a way to exempt Catholic agencies from a state anti-discrimination law that requires them to allow adoption by gay and lesbian households. Romney didn't elaborate on how...
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11/18/2005
Report: Mass. GOP protecting sanctity of potential campaign supporters
According to the Boston Globe, Massachusetts's Republican party "has been drafting Republicans to gather signatures for a proposed ban on same-sex marriage and plans to use the petition drive to identify supporters for the 2006 elections." Additionally, the Globe also...
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09/01/2005
Mitt encourages potentially nuptial-halting referendum
Via a letter sent today to state Attorney General Thomas Reilly, Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has reportedly encouraged the AG to certify a ballot initiative that, if approved by voters in '08, would lead to a ban on the state's...
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07/22/2005
Romney weighs in on kids o' gays' birth certs
Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is instructing the state's hospitals to cross out the word "father" on birth certificates for children of same-sex parents, instead of creating a new certificate free of markings or Whiteout. Though that's nothing compared to what...
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