Posted on 12/30/2007 9:31:41 AM PST by Ol' Sparky
WASHINGTON – A prominent pro-family leader is urging fellow conservatives to withdraw their support for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney over his recent expressed support for a “sexual orientation” non-discrimination law.
Romney during an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” said he supports the contentious Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), which adds “sexual orientation” to a list of federally protected classes that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin.
The bill upsets conservative leaders because it grants special protection to employees based on their “actual or perceived” sexual orientation. Moreover, it would force Christian organizations that oppose homosexuality to hire gay employees.
“Mitt Romney’s Christmas present to the homosexual lobby disqualifies him as a pro-family leader,” said Peter LaBarbera, longtime pro-family advocate and founder of the Republicans For Family Values website.
“Laws that treat homosexuality as a civil rights are being used to promote homosexual ‘marriage,’ same-sex adoption and pro-homosexuality indoctrination of schoolchildren,” he said. “These same laws pose a direct threat to the freedom of faith-minded citizens and organizations to act on their religious belief that homosexual behavior is wrong.”
The former Massachusetts governor responded on “Meet the Press” that ENDA “makes sense” at the state level. But LaBarbera warns that if Romney “openly” promotes homosexual agenda at the state level then he cannot be trusted at the federal level.
He pointed out that the state’s “sexual orientation” nondiscrimination law laid the groundwork for Massachusetts legalizing gay “marriage” – the first in the country to do so.
Moreover, the ENDA-like law forced Boston’s Catholic Charities to shut down its century-old adoption agency because it refused to place children in gay households against Catholic teaching.
“Given Romney’s extensive pro-homosexual record and willingness now to depart from principle on this crucial issue, should we trust a ‘President Romney’ not to reverse course again on federal pro-homosexual laws such as ‘Hate Crimes’ and ENDA?” LaBarbera posed.
In addition to the homosexuality agenda, pro-family leaders have also had reservations on Romney’s commitment to the abortion issue, which he only recently said he was against.
Well-known conservative leaders who have endorsed Romney include Paul Weyrich of the Free Congress Foundation; Lou Sheldon of the Traditional Values Coalition; Jay Sekulow of the American Center for Law & Justice; and Mark DeMoss of the PR agency DeMoss Pond.
“Now some pro-family leaders – who have raised millions of dollars over the years opposing ‘gay’ activism – will need to explain how they can go on supporting an openly pro-homosexual-agenda candidate,” LaBarbera said.
The federal ENDA bill is opposed by Christian heavyweights such as Tony Perkins of Family Research Council, Dr. Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, Dr. James Dobson of Focus on the Family, Bishop Harry R. Jackson, Jr. of High Impact Leadership Coalition, Alan Sears of Alliance Defense Fund, the Rev. Rick Scarborough of Vision America, and Colin A. Hanna of Let Freedom Ring.
President George W. Bush has also indicated he intends to veto the bill if it makes it to his desk.
If you favor laws that further erode the basic freedom of employers or landlords to hire or fire or rent or not rent to whoemever they please, you're no conservative or libertarian.
While keeping millions of Christian/social conservatives home or voting third party.
He is absolutely unelectable.
I will say this again. Any conservative who votes for this lying, flip-flopping, gay-loving, gun-grabbing liberal is stabbing the conservative movement in the heart. Shame on you Romney supporters!! U.S. Army Retired |
We'd be much better of enduring four years of a Democrat, making gains in Congress and electing a conservative President in 2012 than to have RINOs like Romney and Giuliani in office.
Those that supported this liar will be responsible for the electoral disaster in creates for the GOP.
That, sir, would make a great essay or editorial.
I agree with it all. Well said.
Significant.
We need a RomneyTruthFile.
Imagine the judges that will be appointed. Remember the Massachusetts gay marriage fiasco under Romney’s watch.
We are still dealing with a radical liberal here, folks.
This tells me everything I need to know about Romney. Just another RINO.
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Me, too. I can't in good conscience vote for Giuliani under any circumstances, and the more I see of Romney, the more I'm afraid he belongs to that group.
Ugh. Here we are with a chance to turn our country around, and the Republicans are busy committing political suicide. Let's just hope they start coming to their senses before we are stuck with a candidate whom we cannot in good conscience vote for because it would destroy the work of the last 50 years.
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I posted a "Mormon Truth" thread and it got yanked before I could finish mowing the lawn.
Unlike Romney, I don't hire illegal aliens to do a job that Americans won't do.
I hire space aliens.
They’re so much cuter.
Klingon Girls really knock me out....
I have no pictures of Mitt Romney. I prefer Duncan. Maybe google has what you are looking for.
Should people who actively have sex with animals and little kids be given the same status?
Please explain your answer when writing.
But you know what? I am allowed to pick my friends. You shouldn’t “make me” take your choice of whom you wish to associate with just as I shouldn’t do that to you.
Indeed. Thanks for the ping!
I hope Jim Robinson will consider starting one. Romney can't be trusted, especially on social issues.
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I can't BELIEVE this. I just read it right after typing a post to a Romney supporter saying I hope he's been sincere in his changes on these issues. If this is true.....well I just don't know what to say.
Unbelieveable.
Hank
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