Advocates: Romney backs gay scouts, Obama is silent (Reaffirms 1994 position)

The Washington Times ^ | August 7, 2012 | By Stephen Dinan

[Christie at the beach]

Of course, he supports gay rights (special rights).

You could not pay me enough to vote for him.

...no wonder A. Coulter says they don't need the base; they are trying to keep those moderate dems in his column.

[ansel12]

Here it is in text as a freerepublic thread, it also links to the PDF of Mitt’s letter.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1949744/posts

[little jeremiah]

Thank you.

[Kazan]

I guess we are suppose to forget that in the SLC Olympics Romney refused to allow the Boy Scouts to volunteer claiming it was because of their age.

Romney makes liars of his supporters!

Funny, how there was no problem with their participation in other Olympics, isn't it?

http://www.massresistance.org/docs/marriage/romney/record/

The 2002 Olympics - run by Mitt Romney - was the only Olympics that restricted the Boy Scouts from participating. According to news reports, this was apparently because of pressure from homosexual activists. (But also, according to reports, homosexual groups participated fairly prominently.) Romney would not respond to reporters' questions about that action.

The largest Boy Scout council in the country responded to the call for volunteers issued by the Salt Lake Olympic Organizing Committee, but the welcome mat was rolled up and the door slammed in its face. Olympic spokesmen for the 2002 winter games say the exclusion has nothing to do with recent protests by gay activists. While the organizing committee for the Olympic event is prominently displaying a call for local volunteers, they have explicitly let it be known that the Boy Scouts need not apply. "For us not to be involved is discouraging, considering the Atlanta games. The Scouting council there was extremely involved," said Kay Godfrey, professional Scout executive for the Great Salt Lake Council of Boy Scouts.

- NewsMax.com, Dec. 18, 2000

Stop lying for Mitt wit.

[UCANSEE2]

Thank you for the response. I have some questions.

The choice to be gay is just that, a conscious freewill choice to do wrong

A young man or boy who is “taught” to be gay

You seem to be contradicting yourself. If you are not taught that it is wrong, how can you be choosing to do wrong ?

If you don't get to an 'environment' (say, the Boy Scouts) where you see that it is 'wrong', then how will you think 'you' are wrong ?

How exactly do you determine that a child is 'gay' ? What if they go through Boy Scouts and end up gay later ?

What about boys who are thieves ? Fat momma's boys ? Can we keep them out as well ?

How the heck did this whole issue change from the ADULTS to the CHILDREN ? Is it to keep us from focusing on the ADULTS ?