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  • Romney abolishes governor's commission on gay and lesbian youth

    07/21/2006 5:00:10 PM PDT · by Panerai · 17 replies · 775+ views
    Boston.com ^ | 07/21/2006
    BOSTON --Gov. Mitt Romney issued an executive order Friday abolishing the state's 14-year-old governor's commission on gay and lesbian youth after lawmakers overrode his veto of a bill creating a new commission out of the reach of the governor's office. A spokesman for Romney said he issued the executive order because there was no need for two commissions both focused on the needs of gay and lesbian youth. Romney angered many gay rights activists and lawmakers when he flirted with the idea earlier this year of abolishing the commission, the first of its kind in the nation, after a press...