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cal04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-23-07 07:33 PM
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Romney Draws Fire for Shift on Gay Rights
ABC News' Teddy Davis Reports: Mitt Romney's shifting stance on gay rights drew fire Monday from the president of the Log Cabin Republicans in advance of Tuesday's re-introduction of the Employee Non-Discrimination Act -- gay rights legislation whose main provisions Romney once supported but no longer does.

"Gov. Romney has some explaining to do about why he suddenly and dramatically changed his position on this issue," Patrick Sammon, the president of the Log Cabin Republicans, tells ABC News. "It really raises the question about whether you can trust Mitt Romney. Whether the issue is guns, gays, abortion, or other issues, his views seem to be constantly shifting and changing."

When he challenged Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., in 1994, Romney endorsed Rep. Barney Frank's, D-Mass., Employee Non-Discrimination Act which would have prohibited employers from making decisions about hiring, firing, promoting, or compensation based on sexual orientation.

In February, Romney explained his shifting stance on the Employee Non-Discrimination Act by telling National Journal's Marc Ambinder: "I do not support creating a special law or a special status. I've learned through my experience over the last decade that when you single out a particular population group for special status, it opens the door to a whole series of lawsuits, many of them frivolous and very burdensome to our employment community, and so I do not favor of specific law of that nature. What I do favor is people doing what I did, or what I tried to do, and not discriminate against people who are gay."

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2007/04/romney_draws_fi.html
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-23-07 07:36 PM
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1. LCR deserve whatever they get
Any gays who still believe there is ANYTHING for them in the GOP deserved to be screwn.
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NewYorkerfromMass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-24-07 08:44 AM
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5. Mitt deserves whatever he gets
for being such a craven flip flopper.
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Bombtrack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-23-07 07:49 PM
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2. I stand by my governor
until the milisecond recieves the GOP nomination and I can begin to work on the landslide we could get against him.
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Atman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-23-07 08:19 PM
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3. "...when you single out a particular population group for special status,..."
Uh...Mittler...you may want to re-read your own words.

If you're concerned about NOT "singling out a particular population group for special status," then the only rational, logical position to take would be to endorse 100% equal rights for EVERYBODY. Period.

Right, der Mittler? You fucking flip-flopping hypocritical pandering lying fuckwad.

You're a disgrace, Mitt. An absolute, transparent-as-cellophane disgrace. Get lost.

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mitchtv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-23-07 09:48 PM
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4. Has anyone asked Mitt if he wears
Mormon underwear? or is it only for special people? I am really curious
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