Posted on 05/10/2012 6:38:57 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney (R) said Thursday that he believes gay couples should be allowed to adopt children, even as he reiterated his view that marriage is defined as a relationship between a man and a woman.
In an interview with Neil Cavuto of Fox Business Network, Romney was asked whether he believes the gay marriage debate is a new civil rights movement, as some Democrats have framed the issue.
“I don’t see it in that light,” Romney responded. “I believe my record as a person who has supported civil rights is strong and powerful. At the same time, I believe that marriage has been defined the same way for literally thousands of years by virtually every civilization in history and that marriage is by its definition a relationship between a man and woman.”
He added that “if two people of the same gender want to live together, want to have a loving relationship, even want to adopt a child — in my state, individuals of the same sex are able to adopt children. In my view, that’s something which people have the right to do, but to call that marriage is, in my view, a departure from the real meaning of the word.”
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He just calls it “domestic partnerships”.
What’s wrong with you?
Are you “gay” or just a liberal?
He says he doesn’t favor civil unions that are marriage in all but name, but then he goes on about how homosexuals should be able to have civil unions with domestic partner benefits, hospital visitation rights, adoption rights, etc. I guess I’d really like to know the difference between that and marriage, because he sure seems to be cutting a very fine line.
The bottom line on gay marriage is that the left sees it as a civil rights issue. Once you make that logical leap, then government not only should, it must act to squash out opposition. When it came down to private property and religious rights versus civil rights, the latter won.
If this was simply about homosexuals making long term commitments, it wouldn’t be that big of a deal. But it’s not about that. It’s about religious and private property rights and the right of association that will be sacrificed so that homosexuals can live free of ever hearing a dissenting opinion.
Homosexuals molest children magnitudes more than non-faggots.
All homosexuals are mentally ill sex perverts.
Why are you supporting the rights of mentally ill sex perverts to ruin childrens’ lives?
what an jackass of a nominee
incredible
and just look at all talking for him
all the bad players from Bush’s team
Rove...Gillespie..all we need now is that cakeboy Mehlman
rscully and wee willie winkie seem to be tag teaming each other pushing the homo agenda; specifically how homosexuals are such great parents and Romney is so right to want homosexuals to adopt little children.
By the way, I’m not a big supporter of gay rights or gay adoption, I’m just concerned about all those kids out there going to waste.
Liar.
What’s wrong with you?
Are you “gay” or just a liberal?
Its just hard for me to understand where all this hatred comes from. It seems to be a very good motivator, maybe I need some of it. Its just hard for me to relate to such feelings. I guess I could understand if my wife or children were murdered or if they had been raped, or maybe if someone burned my house down, or maybe if... oh that’s right, we were talking about adopting children.
“Liar.”
Well thanks for the intelligent and insightful analysis of my thoughts. I can see you are a very deep and tolerant person.
Hatred? No. Anger? Yes. Stop projecting...
One third of all child molestation is same sex. A huge majority of homosexuals were molested when young by an older person of the same sex; one study said 80% of homosexual respondents were molested.
This alone should tell you something.
You are either extremely ill-informed (and being on FR means you have no excuse) or you think the homo-agenda is a fine thing. Or maybe you’re a liberaltarian.
I hate child abuse, I hate the homo agenda because it destroys constiutional freedoms of speech, association and religion, destroys lives, destroys children, and their goal is total dominance and tyranny.
You think all that is fine and I’m just a “hater”. You sound like a leftist.
“Hatred? No. Anger? Yes. Stop projecting...”
Sorry, all this time I thought it was hatred, and it turned out to be anger. My mistake.
Where’d this guy WILLIALAL come from? For an old signup date he’s pretty weird and I don’t remember seeing his screen name before (not that I would remember everyone of course).
I am very intolerant of leftist destruction and tyranny, yes. You seem to be swallowing it whole, otoh.
well its late and I have to get to bed, my 5 year old adopted daughter will be up early. Been nice talking to everyone.
WILLIALAL: “...don’t want to debate theology, just wondering where all the hatred comes from.”
Hatred? I think you’re confused. Hatred is turning your back while children are adopted by dysfunctional couples. Homosexuality is abnormal. It’s dysfunctional. That’s not hatred. It’s speaking truth. We are made male and female, and males are not designed to mate with each other. Same thing with two females. Again. That’s fact, not hate. All they can do is engage in mutual masturbation. That is not the same thing as heterosexual union and can never be.
Some dysfunctions are less harmful than others, but that doesn’t mean we should put the government seal of approval on them. Plus, this is gay adoption thing is just a small step in a much larger agenda. Do you honestly think it’s going to stop here? No. The homosexuals want to eliminate all dissent. I’m content to let them choose to practice their dysfunction, but they are not content to let me raise my children how I see fit.
WILLIALAL: “I’m not a proponent of gay adoption, but I feel all guilt or blame can’t be placed just upon gay people because they are gay.”
How is preventing gays from adopting putting guilt or blame on them? Guilting or blaming them for what? I’m sorry. I’m just not getting your point.
rscully: “There are bad people everywhere, gay or straight.”
That’s true but completely beside the point. This isn’t just about gay adoption. It’s about mandating gay adoption. It’s a religious liberty issue.
Have you forgotten the Catholic adoption agencies that were put out of business because they wouldn’t let gays adopt? You or I might agree adoption agencies should operate as they see fit, but the left will have none of that.
So the fact that some homosexual couples might make good parents is missing the larger point that no agency, in spite of their religious beliefs, will be permitted to treat homosexual couples any differently from heterosexual ones.
The gays are not saving any lives. They are ruining lives. So let us just get this clear. You are fine with the mentally deranged raising other people’s children?!
No that isn't quite correct and I'm calling your hand on it. Most kids in foster care CAN NOT BE ADOPTED BECAUSE JUDGE LIBERAL AND THE LIBERAL CPS WILL NOT PUSH TO TERMINATE PARENTAL RIGHTS IN BAD ABUSE CASES. They age in foster care solely because of that reason. Parents who are abusers play the system for years on end. That is the real problem and you are falling for the Liberal Lie hook line and sinker.
Thankfully, there are decent homosexual couples stepping up to the plate left empty by the heteros.
You means like the women I saw who basically sat on their big F.A.'s while the kids served them? They even bragged in class the kids did their work for them.
Kids who have been taken into the state foster care system have suffered severe emotional trauma. The last thing they need is Gays wanting too play house at their expense. If a couple wants to be gay so be it. Leave the kids out of it. Most kids who end up gay are RECRUITED into the lifestyle by an adult. IOW molested and told being gay is great. Some have been sexually assaulted once, twice, a dozen times or more by and adult they trusted and you want another social experiment? I'll fight that tooth and nail.
I've seen decent couples some were professionals who could help the kids sitting in classes wanting to adopt kids and are told the odds of it happening are low inside the state system because Reunification is the sole agenda of CPS and the courts. They end up having to go to private agencies. No the Liberals don't care how many times they must remove kids from their abusive parents. You ignore the fact as qwell most CPS departments are ran by the ultra liberals. Yes of course they believe gay is great. They also believe mother who let boyfriends rape their daughters are poor confused victims. I've had enough.
There are many straight couples wanting too adopt and you know it.
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