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Related: About this forumShould be a v-e-r-y interesting address at Liberty U. by Romney Saturday
Interesting is pushing it for anything involving Romney, but he's giving the commencement address at virulently anti-gay Liberty University Saturday. How far does he go to whip up the hate? And can he control the reactions of the pitchfork crowd?
Maybe not. From ThinkProgress:
In 2009, the school attracted controversy after it revoked its recognition of a Democratic club, because [t]he Democratic Party platform is contrary to the mission of Liberty University and to Christian doctrine. The school condemned the party for supporting abortion rights, same-sex marriage, hate crimes, LGBT rights, and socialism.
To that end, Liberty is heavily invested in the anti-gay and ex-gay movement. The school withdrew from the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in 2010 to protest the inclusion of a gay rights group and hosted a one-day symposium to address the consequences of being gay. The event offered sessions on "understanding Same-sex Attractions and Their Consequences and Homosexual Rights and First Amendment Freedoms: Can They Truly Coexist? Liberty University law professors Matt Barber and Judith Reisman have also linked gay and lesbian rights to the pedophile movement, while the schools affiliates describe marriage equality as a rebellion against God and claim that gay people are more likely to commit suicide because they know what they are doing is unnatural, is wrong, [and] is immoral."
http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2012/04/19/467441/romney-liberty-commencement/
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Should be a v-e-r-y interesting address at Liberty U. by Romney Saturday (Original Post)
Faygo Kid
May 2012
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zbdent
(35,392 posts)1. are the supporters outnumbered by the 7/11's cookies again?
annabanana
(52,791 posts)2. It should provide some damn good ammo for later this year
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Proud Liberal Dem
(24,436 posts)3. I will be waiting
with bated breath for the Log Cabin Republicans (and other GOP LGBT groups) to issue a press release condemning his trip to such a bastion of anti-gay bigotry.