Video Features Mitt Romney Making Case That Dead Straight Parent Is Better Than Live Gay One

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One of the relatively “bright” spots to come out of this week’s discussion of gay marriage for Mitt Romney is that he has at least been getting credit for being “fine” with gay couples adopting children. However, a new video out from progressive SuperPAC American Bridge casts some doubt on the depth of that conviction, featuring clips of Romney arguing against gay parenting, even as compared with one live and one dead straight parent.

The video is entitled “Mitt Gets Worse,” a reference to the famous “It Gets Better” anti-bullying campaign, and is pegged to gay issues, along with the now-roiling story of Romney’s days as an alleged high school bully. While Romney’s recent anti-marriage, anti-civil union comments are obviously nothing new, there are several clips in which he casts doubt on gay parenting, including one, from a 2004 Congressional hearing, in which he even argues that a dead straight parent is preferable to a live gay one: