“...in fact Romney said he supported the right of the Boy Scouts to make up their own rules.”
Charles, why the continued half-truths?
Romney did say he supports the right of the Scouts to set their own policy. That’s like me saying I support Mitt Romney’s right to run for prez. Doesn’t mean I support his candidacy.
Similarly, in the very next sentence, Romney said he personally believes that homosexuals should be free to participate in Scouting. “All people,” he said, including boys and adults, “regardless of their sexual orientation.”
For those with the impenetrable Romney blind spot (like you), the really big clue that Romney’s comments were in opposition to the Scout policy was the fact that the BSA’s national spokesman rebuked him immediately thereafter in the Boston Globe. And the Scouts rarely publicly rebuke anybody.
In 2007, Romney says that each local Scout council should decide whether to allow homosexual Scouts and Scoutmasters.
Which again, is at odds with the existing national policy that applies to all Scout troops nationally. As he did in 1994, Romney still today opposes the existing policy.
Anyone who says otherwise is either intentionally trying to deceive or is incapable of reading or comprehending the English language. I do admit that with a candidate who debates the meaning of common words such as “saw,” you have to watch his use of the language very, very closely.
But I’m confident you’re up to it.
Actually, the half-truths are being told by those who falsely claim that Romney wanted to force the boy scouts to accept gay scoutmasters.
That’s why I pointed out that Romney in fact didn’t want to force them to do ANYTHING, and instead stood up for their right to make their own rules, which was something that was very much an important issue, with people trying to force them to change their policy.
What his personal opinion was is irrelevant to the charge that he would force those views. I’ve NEVER said he didn’t support gays participating in scouts.
The 2nd half-truth was the assertion that romney singled out support for gay scoutmasters. In fact, Romney never MENTIONED scoutmasters, and since “participation” does not imply “leadership” or “authority”, there is no evidence for the claim he supported, much less wanted to FORCE, the scouts to take gay scoutmasters.
So Romney personally believes gays can be involved in scouts, but won’t force his opinion on them, and instead will support their right to do what they think is right — which I believe is what you want, which is no gays.
But Fred Thompson personally believes abortion is wrong, but won’t force his opinion on states, and instead will support the right of the states to kill as many babies as they want — which I believe is in direct opposition to want you want, which is to end the genocide.