Posted on 02/04/2008 10:22:25 AM PST by Ol' Sparky
MEDIA ADVISORY, Feb. 4 /Christian Newswire/ -- Peter LaBarbera, founder of Republicans For Family Values, today criticized GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney for his "novel pro-homosexual positioning in the GOP." On Dec. 16, Romney (the alleged "conservative" in the race) told NBC's "Meet the Press" that "it makes sense at the state level" to enact pro-homosexual "sexual orientation" laws. (Last week, CNN's Roland Martin reported that Romney told him that he opposes "gay marriage," but supports "gay rights.")
LaBarbera issued the following statement:
Mitt Romney just doesn't get it on the homosexual agenda, and if he doesn't get at after serving as governor of liberal Massachusetts -- where "gay marriage," homosexual adoption and pro-homosexuality indoctrination in schools ALL were advanced by the sort of pro-gay "sexual orientation" laws he's now espousing -- then he's not going to get it at the federal level.
Romney is already using his bully pulpit as a candidate to affirm "gay rights"-- even AFTER he's earned the backing of pro-family leaders who seemingly would have much to teach him about the danger and misuse of pro-homosexual laws. (Note that Romney uses gay-affirming "discrimination" rhetoric even with regard to the Boy Scouts' ban on homosexuals.)
I don't know any serious pro-lifers who are pro-homosexuality. We all have compassion for homosexual strugglers, but we draw the line at laws that would distort "civil rights" to include sinful and changeable homosexual behavior -- because these laws will be used to compel individuals, business and even ministries to violate their beliefs and support homosexual relationships (see the Weekly Standard article, "Banned in Boston," about Boston Catholic Charities electing to close down its historic adoption agency rather than place kids in homosexual households).
Romney is trying to shift the GOP's pro-family paradigm on homosexuality, and it's an unwise shift -- much like retreating from a principled position on pro-life (e.g., "I'm pro-choice but not pro-partial-birth abortion"). Due to Romney's potential for being the "Nixon-goes-to-China" president who advances pro-homosexuality agendas in the GOP -- I cannot support him.
Why do the same conservative pundits who have assailed Mick Huckabee and John McCain as too liberal, promote the fiction that Mitt Romney – who strongly defended abortion-on-demand and who remains in favor of anti-Christian homosexual special rights laws as a Mormon -- is a "conservative"?
Are you for Huckabee? I’m for McCain.
So when are the Pro Romney people who are in denial going to try and trash this?
I thought that the MA Supreme Court essentially forced gay marriage on the state, and that Romney fought against that ruling (but lost).
If he’s so pro-gay-etc., as this column suggests, then why didn’t he just roll over when the court ruled? Or do I have my facts wrong?
As soon as they figure out his stance on the 2A and try to defend that.
Mitt Romney had absolutely Nothing to do with the illegal Supreme Court ordered decision to allow homosexual marriage in Massachusetts and there was little he could do about it.
Our legislature is illegally keeping us from voting on the issue of gay marriage.
He is not responsible for the reprehensible GLAAD lobby that so dominates state politics.
These people are lunatics.
I sent back my form to a right to life group saying I realized they were maligning a good man and I won’t pay for it....
To hear the pro life people, you would think Romney had a quota for ripping babies out of the mamas on Saturday nights for fun.
Whoever wrote this article is a blatant liar.
“Mitt is Handsome and wholesome, he out shines all the others with his temperament and good looks. He has a great family and flosses daily. Mitt is just awesome!!!”
Ok, let see, I fawned over him, his family and such, made sure to mention he is a great person and good looking, while totally failing to answer the original question or even use the word “Conservative” any where.
How did I do?
Or was that the Olympics?
I get confused.
But, but, but we keep hearing how Romney is the “most conservative” guy left in the race /s
Mr. Perfect
Is it too late for Cheney???
you keep rooting for pro-amnesty McCain who is guaranteed to push Amnesty, gay “rights”, CFR etc. You
The things you are blaming Romney were mandated by legislature or courts. Governor is a not a dictator in MA. He cannot even nominate judges (except from a list that contains only liberals).
Thank god conservatives do not listen to people like you and they are voting for Romney, against McAmnesty.
Sad, but he is....
But that’s like the 380 pound guy being the “skinny one” when every one else weighs 400+
What was the original question? Can you find one fact in this article?
Sounds more like an anti Mormon rant to me.
One might say in a sentence that, “Leroy got that job because he gets special privilege because he is black.” While I don’t want to get into a contest since I’m not supporting any of these monkeys who are currently running another sentence will be: “Susan got a special privilege on her health insurance because of her live in partner Barbara.”
Remember the Constitution granted us all equal rights. It is government that is creating special privileges over what an ordinary American can have.
I wish...
Not bad. Kind of wish they would talk about his past positions on Abortion, his Health Plan, his “Fees” and oh yes supporting Tsongas. Let’s not forget “I am an independent and not advocating a return to Reagan Bush”.
I know I am in love...
(big /s if you did not already figure...)
We know, beyond all doubt, who it is you favor. We just don’t have a clue as to WHY.
Wow no replies to your post! Imagine that!
I don’t understand what this has to do with stopping McCain.
“Mitt’s hair is a little messed up today”
“You are just a bigot because he is a Mormon!”
Sheesh, the guy sucks as a Conservative candidate on his own merit, it has nothing to do with his faith. You should give him more credit than that.
GOA On John McCain's Record
...Take, for instance, his record on gun rights and political speech affecting Second Amendment activists. Abysmal, wretched, and pathetic are words that come to mind.
He is pretty, smart and wonderful, that is all we need to know.
The Massachusetts Constitution (the oldest in the US, perhaps)
forbade the Court from their decision as you say.
Romney should have done nothing.
Instead, Romney ignored the Constitution and
enforced the illegal order to the Clerks.
But for Romney, nothing would have happened.
Therefore, Romney must share responsibility,
rather than play victim, as he does over and over.
As I recollect Dio, several clerks had already started the paperwork process to proceed in spite of or despite any decision made by the Governor. I believe that he was legally advised that he had no choice but to go ahead. That may have been bad advice but I believe he acted in good faith.
Look up, folks. Romney has pulled the wool over your eyes. If you think he is the best after all the good candidates have left, fine, but stop trying to fool yourself that he is a conservative.
Believe me, McCain will never get my vote for anything.
I am not crazy about Romney but I’ll take him over McQueeg
anyday.
I am not voting for Romney because he is the most conservative.
I am voting for Romney because he is the ONLY candidate on either side with actual SUCCESSFUL INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS EXPERIENCE.
US is in dire straits with ever balooning trade defits, budget deficits, outsourcing, loss of manufacturing jobs..on and on.
Huckabee is basically a Gomer Pyle on economy.
McCain won’t recognize economy if it hit him in the face.
I know, he took a principled stand based on his strong belief in state’s rights and Federalism.
Then he went back to more “republican” endeavors, like gutting the First and Second Amendments like a couple of striped bass he pulled out of Lake Powell.
I believe the legal concept is one of a “protected minority”. Romney’s record is pretty consistent that he considers homosexuals to be worthy of the same kinds of special protections afforded to others on the basis of such immutable charactersistics as sex and race and constitutionally-protected characteristics such as religion. He may waffle when it comes to calling it “marriage”, but he does not when it comes to granting protections on the basis of the choice to practice sexual perversion.
Have you seen this youtube video?
McCain successfully compromised my 1st amendment right to free speech. His voting record is not Conservative. He is almost always aligned with Congressional Democrats. And he is a darling of the flamingly leftist media.
The first sentence, by itself, is enough for me to kick him out of my house into a driving blizzard, let alone vote for him.
So, for whom does anyone suggest I vote for?
I know. I’m just giving equal time to Queeg’s conservative failings.
2A is my biggest overall concern with Romney. I cringe every time I hear him talk of the AWB and all the good Massachusetts’ gun laws have done. If he were stronger on the issue, I’d probably be working for his campaign. But he’s not.
But still, McCain is worse. The language of “gun show loopholes” is the preferred lie of the proponents of total firearms registration... which is absolutely the most dangerous concept imaginable and would spell the end of the 2nd Amendment.
Don’t forget McQueeg wanted to ban “cheap handguns”, whatever the hell that means.
I just got off the phone with a VERY trustworthy source VERY close to the campaigns ... look for an announcement of a two years long affair by McInsane ... according to the source the NYT and Post are sitting on this info waiting for the right time ... (after the nomination?) ... to spring it
The fact that Romney is mormon is minor compared to his engagement with the massachusetts misfits. Just the fact that he was governor of MA speaks volumes about what he is willing to pander to for votes and power. Romney appears to be strongly attached to the marketers of sexual deviance
"Compromised" is putting it kindly. He soaked it in kerosene and took a Zippo to it, laughing maniacally all the while.
Every other act of treachery, and there have been too many to count, pales in comparison to McCain-Feingold. That's the big kahuna. The one that forever solidifies his legacy as an enemy of the people, an enemy of liberty and an enemy of the Constitution.
This is a bad, bad man we're talking about. Maybe one of the worst we've ever seen.
You mean McCain is finally about to get the proverbial 'his' from his best friends.... could not happen to a less distinguished person..... Tell your source to SCOOP these people.
I love RUMMMMMY!!! and McCain has got his coming!!!!
Hit this URL, and see what happens.
http://www.republicanunity.com/
Here is a bio from that site, of one of its leading lights:
Charles Francis, A New Kid On The Block
Charles Francis, the founding chairman of the Republican Unity Coalition (RUC), is a relatively new name in gay political circles, but he is rapidly becoming a major player in Washington, D.C.
In his latest triumph, Francis managed to bring Mary Cheney, the Second Family's daughter and a former gay and lesbian outreach operative for the Coors brewery, out of the shadows of Colorado and on to the RUC advisory board. This was Cheney's first venture into the political spotlight since her father took office in January 2001. Francis made overtures to her during the past year, but "she is fiercely independent," he told me in an interview, and she did not respond. Later, she e-mailed Francis, offering her help. Meeting in Denver, the two talked about some of her ideas, which included working hard for gay and lesbian equality as well as reaching out to gay voters for the GOP.
Cheney is only the latest in a series of high-profile Republicans whom Francis has recruited to help him turn around the image of the GOP.
After he had read about former Sen. Alan Simpson's (R-Wyo.) appearance at the candlelight vigil at the U.S. Capitol following Matthew Shepard's murder, Francis called Simpson and asked him to emcee the RUC's inaugural breakfast. Later, he got Simpson to chair RUC's advisory board.
Earlier this year, after reading pro-gay comments by Ford in a column by lesbian journalist Deb Price, Francis called his old friend Trammell Crow, a Texas real estate mogul and a friend of Ford, to help contact the ex-president. He also got Simpson to help him draft a letter to Ford, to which Simpson added a personal note.
And Francis got wealthy former Congressman Michael Huffington (R-Calif.) to offer the RUC $100,000 if other donors would match that amount.
Each time Francis achieves such a coup for RUC, he gets covered in such first-rank outlets as _The Wall Street Journal_ and _The Washington Post_.
With such a star-studded cast of board members, RUC has begun to get into the political money game. The group has raised some $225,000 for Republican candidates for the 2002 election a start toward a goal of $1 million.
The aim of Francis and the RUC is to promote a Republican "big tent" in which homosexuality is a "non-issue." RUC's guiding principles, adopted last year in Cody, Wyoming, strike a delicate balance between a libertarian or conservative stance and an uncompromising pro-gay position: "Neither victim nor villain, we seek no special privilege, but we deplore being penalized." While other gay groups focus on legislation, RUC does not engage in lobbying. Instead, Francis uses fundraising and very good PR to pursue the group's goal.
Francis views the RUC as complementary to, not in competition with, Log Cabin Republicans (LCR). "They are the grass roots, we are the grass tops," he says. For Francis, grass tops means using contacts in the inner political circles of Texas and Washington to get high-profile folks like Cheney, Ford, Simpson, and Huffington to aid the cause.
Francis' relationship with the president which is a major asset for his RUC activities has it roots in Texas, before Bush was governor. Francis' brother Jim chaired Bush's 1994 gubernatorial campaign, when he defeated incumbent Ann Richards (D).
But it was the Bush presidential campaign that prompted Francis' first major political act setting up a meeting of a dozen gay and lesbian Republicans with Bush in Austin. Then Francis organized three well-attended receptions for the campaign, with TV's sharp Republican spinner Mary Matalin touting the Bush-Cheney ticket and proclaiming the gospel that homophobia had no place in the Republican Party.
During Bush's inaugural week, Francis organized a well-attended breakfast and announced the formation of the RUC "to institutionalize what we had learned" in the campaign. He felt "it should be gay-straight, not just gay. We live in the real world, with straights as friends and family."
Though Francis is relatively new to politics, he is not new to achievement. When he was growing up in Dallas, he worked his way up to Eagle Scout, no small accomplishment. After graduating from the University of Virginia, Francis came to Washington to work with the public relations firm of Bob Gray, a fixture in 1980s Washington who also served a stint in the Reagan White House.
For the next 20 years, Francis worked in public relations and public affairs consulting in Washington. "All that time," he says, "I was openly gay, but focused on my own career," with little or no participation in gay political activity. When Bush decided to run for president, Francis says he realized "I could be helpful, for Bush and for the [gay] community like so many gay people have before."
Francis is doing an impressive job helping forge a gay-friendly image for the White House. But the GOP's right-wing homophobes are still alive and well. Antigay activist Peter LaBarbera of the Concerned Women of America's Culture and Family Institute contends that the RUC "will not unify the Republican Party, but tear it apart." And despite RUC's impressive advisory board, most are _former_ members of Congress. Today's Republican kings on the Hill House Speaker Dennis Hastert, Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott, and most of their power-wielding colleagues are still occupying a very small tent. Charles Francis has his work cut out for him.
_Hastings Wyman publishes Southern Political Report, a nonpartisan biweekly political newsletter. He can be reached care of this publication or at HWymanSPR@aol.com._
There is lots more, going back to the 2000 campaign, when Gov. Bush met quietly with the Log Cabins while the Christian conservatives got the second class buffet treatment: a meeting with Karl Rove. Mary Matalin was Bush's advance worker, and with Bush in the hall, glad-handing the gay leadership of the Loggies, Mary was quoted as endorsing the idea of "gay marriage" as a no-brainer, and bashing conservative objections to the gay agenda as tedious and unfair.
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