Ooooh! The "Oooga Boooga Boooga" scare tactic! Works every year against conservatives, right? GOP picks a leftist loser, and scares us to vote for their lousy, stinking candidate.
Gee, I haven't seen that used since...oh, yesterday!
Posted on 04/11/2012 10:22:37 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
Every since Mitt Romney first tossed his hat into the presidential sweepstakes in 2007, he has repeatedly maintained that he opposes same-sex marriages and has always portrayed himself as a champion of traditional marriage.
However, in an incident that has gone mostly unreported, Romney, as Governor of Massachusetts, personally issued at least 189 one-day special marriage licenses to same-sex couples in 2005. He likely issued a similar number of licenses in both 2004 and 2006 but the state records for these years are not easily available. One-day marriage licenses are in effect permits issued to a couple allowing them to designate anyone they choose to officiate at the wedding. These special one-day marriage licenses are not to be confused with the thousands of regular marriage licenses granted to same-sex couples by Justices of the Peace and town clerks by order of Governor Romney in the aftermath of the Goodridge same-sex marriage decision.
More than any other action by Romney, these special licenses demonstrated where his heart was on the same-sex marriage issue since they were purely discretionary. There was no mandate forcing Romney to issue such licenses. This calls into question his authenticity as an alleged social conservative candidate.
Romney began issuing the one-day marriage licenses shortly after the Massachusetts Supreme Court issued the Goodridge homosexual marriage decision. The court urged the legislature to codify its decision but to this day, this has never occurred. The marriage statutes on the books today remain the same – only male/female marriages are legal.
Incredibly, even though the state legislature never codified the Goodridge decision, Gov. Romney unilaterally ordered his Department of Public Health to print new marriage licenses for same-sex couples and ordered all Town Clerks and Justices of the Peace to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples or lose their jobs.
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Are you 100% conservative?
All this in fighting is just what the left wants to continue. Anyone, I repeat, anyone is better than Obama, imho. Romney wasn’t my choice but he seems to be the chosen one for our side. We have not seen anything until we see what the next 4 years of Obama will end up and do to this country.
All this in fighting is just what the left wants to continue. Anyone, I repeat, anyone is better than Obama, imho. Romney wasn’t my choice but he seems to be the chosen one for our side. We have not seen anything until we see what the next 4 years of Obama will end up and do to this country.
I Agree.....
Ooooh! The "Oooga Boooga Boooga" scare tactic! Works every year against conservatives, right? GOP picks a leftist loser, and scares us to vote for their lousy, stinking candidate.
Gee, I haven't seen that used since...oh, yesterday!
Been posting here for 12 years - how about you?
I’m just a caring kinda guy.
That’s not an answer.
Then get off your duff and find out for yourself! Check out my previous postings. Or are you a liberal in disguise and expect others to do your work for you?
Nice diversion. Why are you afraid of a Yes or No answer?
I guess you must be to care about the age of an article, when it involves educating people about Romney’s political history.
i’m not interested in playing mind games. you can KMA.
i’m not interested in playing mind games. you can KMA.
As he has shown, if he can’t get something through in accordance with the law, and with the approval of the legislature, then he’ll just ram it through anyway.
Does your bold claim hold up to scrutiny?
The MA State Supreme Court gave the legislature 180 days to take from the day the ban was unconstitutional. Romney's order to start accepting marriage license applications for gay couples effective 180+ days after the ruling.
The available option to block, amending the state constitution, could not be accomplished inside the 180 day window the court gave because proposed MA constitutional amendments must be supported by the legislature in two successive two-year legislative sessions.
That amendment option was pursued in the years following. The legislature attempted to delay and fail to take a final vote and Romney took them to court and won. The second vote didn't take place until after Romney left the governorship in 2007 and that vote failed to get the votes needed, falling short by 5.
Based on the facts reviewed, I find your pronouncement to be poppycock and propaganda. There are real and substantial reasons to oppose Romney (abortion, 2nd amendment, healthcare) without resorting to lies and half-truths.
True, but he`s preaching to the choir using the same material. Romney isn`t going to get anything beyond ABO support out of the FR audience. Personally, I`m not even giving him that.
Don't be so crass and ignorant. The LDS was the leading proponent (80-90% of door-to-door canvasing activity) and huge funder (about 50%) of California's Prop 8 traditional marriage constitutional amendment initiative.
well, it is Romney vs Obama and one winner. How is that a scare tactic and what is your proposal?
well, it is Romney vs Obama and one winner. How is that a scare tactic and what is your proposal?
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