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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forum"The Real Mitt Romney" by Terry O'Neill at the Huffington Post
The Real Mitt Romneyby Terry O'Neill at the Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/terry-oneill/the-real-mitt-romney_1_b_1956143.html
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Before entering politics, Romney served in several positions of authority in the Mormon Church. Judith Dushku, a Mormon feminist who stood up to Romney numerous times when she was in his congregation, shared with the Boston Globe and other media outlets her impression that Mitt's fleeting pro-choice stance was a strategic move to win votes when he ran for the U.S. Senate. Dushku said Romney told her face-to-face: "Well, they told me in Salt Lake City I could take this position, and in fact I probably had to in order to win in a liberal state like Massachusetts."
Dushku also brought to light the story of her friend Carrel Hilton Sheldon, a Mormon woman who discovered she had a blood clot while pregnant. With her life potentially at risk, this mother of four children decided to have an abortion, and she even got permission from the proper authorities in the church. But Romney tried to talk her out of it, shaming her with comments like, "Well, why do you get off so easy when other women have their babies?" He told her that "as your bishop, my concern is with the child."
And it wasn't just one incident. According to The New York Times, Janna and Randy Sorensen approached Romney in the early 1990s seeking his help in adopting a child. The church did not facilitate adoptions for mothers who worked outside the home, and the couple told Romney they thought the rule was unfair. But Romney would not proceed with helping the couple until he had convinced Janna to quit her job.
Ten years earlier, Romney similarly tried to twist the arm of Peggie Hayes when he was bishop in his local ward. As reported in Vanity Fair, Romney urged the 23-year-old single mother, whom his family had known quite well for years, to give up her soon-to-be-born second child for adoption. When Hayes informed Romney of her intention to keep and raise the child, his response was to threaten her with excommunication from the church.
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"The Real Mitt Romney" by Terry O'Neill at the Huffington Post (Original Post)
applegrove
Oct 2012
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regnaD kciN
(26,044 posts)1. I assume the Judith Dushku quoted in the article...
...is related to actress Eliza Dushku? She's also (ex-)Mormon, and grew up in Boston.
ON EDIT: I see Eliza is her daughter.
BellaKos
(318 posts)2. Sooooo, Romney is a religious fanatic -- who lies. n/t