Would Romney be More PRO-GAY than Obama?

[The True Adonis]

This Is How Proud Romney Was to Be Pro-Gay Rights in 1994


      Mitt Romney earned huge cheers at a conservative conference in February when he bragged, "On my watch, we fought hard and prevented Massachusetts from becoming the Las Vegas of gay marriage." But in 1994, running for Senate against Ted Kennedy, he told a local gay and lesbian paper he was even more pro-gay rights than Kennedy. Romney's February declaration was an attempt to calm social conservatives' fears that he was too moderate during the Republican primary campaign. But the reason he had to shift his position on gay rights rightward in 2012 is that he'd had to shift leftward in 1994. During that campaign, members of Romney's congregation had told the press that he'd called gays and lesbians "perverse" in a speech the previous year. Romney denied it, and promised to be a moderating force in his party. "I think the gay community needs more support from the Republican Party and I would be a voice in the Republican Party to foster antidiscrimination efforts," he told Bay Windows, a New England gay and lesbian newspaper. He also wrote a letter to Log Cabin Republicans saying he'd make "equality for gays and lesbians a mainstream concern." The Bay Windows interview has been reported on during this campaign -- the Boston Globe mentioned it in May, for example -- but the image of the front page, dug up by Reddit readers, is more striking.

[240 is Back]

oh shit.   um, i know i can defend this.  let's see...

"Romney was merely wearing the skin of the pro-gay candidate to get their vote".

yes, that's it!

"Romney is smart enough to capitalize upon whatever is popular at the moment in order to win election, at which point he returns to his actual positions, enacting socialized medicine and strict gun bans".

Take that libs.

[tonymctones]

LOL who cares, GAY ANYTHING ISNT AN ISSUE...

THE ECONOMY STUPIDS!!!

[James]

Anything to keep from having to talk about the Economy...

[howardroark]

As much as I dislike Romney, how fair is this criticism? 1994 was almost two decades ago