Former Intern Says Gay Flier Was Campaign Lit (Romney "gay pride" flier from 2002)

BuzzFeed ^ | January 9, 2012 | Andrew Kaczynski

[2ndDivisionVet]

The Romney yesterday campaign denied knowing about a 2002 flier distributed by the Romney campaign during Gay Pride Week in Massachusetts while he was running for Governor.

Fehrnstrom told the Huffington Post's Sam Stein, "I don't know where those pink flyers came from. I was the communications director on the 2002 campaign. I don't know who distributed them... I never saw them and I was the communications director." Fehrnstrom continued "I never saw them and I never approved them. I'm not quite sure where they came from."

But a former Romney campaign volunteer who is now a fiscal policy scholar at a conservative think tank told BuzzFeed the flyer calling for "equal rights" were in fact campaign literature.

The Manhattan Institute's Josh Barro told BuzzFeed he was a college intern for Romney's campaign at the wage of $150 per month and the task of answering mail to Romney's running mate, Kerry Healey.

"On pride weekend, the campaign sent a contingent of about a half-dozen of us to the post-parade festival on Boston Common to hand out those flyers," he said in an email.

"The thing was organized by a full-time staffer," he said, adding that he couldn't recall her name.

Fehrnstorm also denied that Romney had ever supported civil unions saying "He has not been in favor of civil unions, if by civil unions you mean the equivalency to marriage but without the name marriage. What he has favored, and he talked about this, I believe, last night, was a form of domestic partnership or a contractual relationship with reciprocal benefits."

But a 2003 document unearthed on the Governor's old website seems to contradict the claim. In response to the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriage, Romney called for civil union legislation. The document reads "Gov. Mitt Romney told reporters that he believed a civil unions statute would "be sufficient" to satisfy the justices' concerns. Joining Romney in the call for civil union legislation was Rep. Eugene O'Flaherty, chairman of the House's Committee on the Judiciary."

[2ndDivisionVet]

No wonder the Florida "Log Cabin Republicans" are backing him: http://www.washingtonblade.com/2012/01/29/fla-log-cabin-members-tilt-toward-romney/

[MayflowerMadam]

Mitt’s always seemed to be a little light in his loafers.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Romney never met a homosexual that he didn’t like.

[Blado]

“Gay Pride”: The stool softener for “Polygamy Pride”.

[mkjessup]

Romney never met a homosexual that he didn’t like.

If Mitt-Witt were able to locate some homosexual illegal immigrants, he could not only give them a job cutting his grass, but they could offer some tips on the interior decorating of his mansion, maybe even give him a better hair cut.

[Fresh Wind]

Fehrnstrom told the Huffington Post's Sam Stein, "I don't know where those pink flyers came from. I was the communications director on the 2002 campaign. I don't know who distributed them... I never saw them and I was the communications director." Fehrnstrom continued "I never saw them and I never approved them. I'm not quite sure where they came from."

Ah, the classic Sgt. Schultz defense. Must have been Mitt's "deaf, dumb, and blind trust" that produced those flyers.

[Happy Rain]

One more example of how he is just like Obama.

[manc]

no wonder the north east and DC establishment and FAUX, Drudge are backing him . He and the others who back him are not even conservatives, the republicans party has stood on social issues just as much as fiscal and if one is liberal then go and join the libertarian party. Makes me sick that I have just turned FOX Friends on and for the first time in over 10 years I have turned to CNN. It was hit piece after piece on friends against Newt. FOX YET AGAIN SHOWS THEIR BIAS AND ATTACKS NEWT

[hoosiermama]

Caught in another lie.

Prejecting egg on many faces...At least I think that’s egg.

[hoosiermama]

Sure set up some folks for blackmale.

[massmike]

[maggief]

[hoosiermama]

Mag. Fantastic. Send both to Newt.org

They may have them, but they also would be great for a which Mitt ad.