Mitt Romney: For Gay Rights Before He Was Against Them!

For those of you that never heard of this pandering, disingenuous, flip flopping charlatan until he donned his superhero costume and became 'Defender-of-Traditional-Marriage Guy' in Massachusetts, it might interest you to know that while seeking office in Massachusetts, first in a failed run against Ted Kennedy for the Senate in 1994 and a successful bid as governor almost 6 years ago, Mitt Romney billed himself as being to the left of Ted Kennedy on gay rights!

In a 1994 letter to the Massachusetts Log Cabin Republicans, Romney wrote the following:

"As a result of our discussions and other interactions with gay and lesbian voters across the state, I am more convinced than ever that as we seek to establish full equality for America's gay and lesbian citizens, I will provide more effective leadership than my opponent,'' Romney wrote, referring to US Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.

"If we are to achieve the goals we share, we must make equality for gays and lesbians a mainstream concern. My opponent cannot do this. I can and will,''

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2006/12/romney_spoke_of.html

Furthermore, to hear the man running for President today speaking, you'd never guess it was the same person who, in an interview with Bay Windows, a Boston-based gay community newspaper, the same year, said: “I think the gay community needs more support from the Republican Party and I would be a voice in the Republican Party to foster anti-discrimination efforts.'' Whether it be continuing 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' supporting a Constitutional ban on gay marriage and civil unions or preventing gay and lesbian from adoption, Romney has made himself the antithesis of whatever he was running for just a few years ago. The picture to the left, is an actual flyer Romney passed out during Boston's Gay Pride celebration the same year he was running for governor.

He effectively duped the GLBT community of Massachusetts into believing that he was another pro-gay rights Republican like William Weld. When he became Governor and the mask started to come off and the flip flopping began, Ken Sanchez of the Massachusetts Log Cabin Republicans issued the following statement:

"We don't need another flip-flopping politician,"

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/02/23/romneys_stance_on_civil_unions_draws_fire/

The rest is history and I've included some links for further research if you like, but in any case, this wolf in sheep's clothing is now in a race for the Presidency of the United States of America and must be stopped. I'm putting on my Nostradamus hat here, perhaps, but I feel perfectly justified in saying that Mitt Romney is bad, bad, BAD for America and a Romney presidency would be one in which civil liberties would take a beating and America would be pushed in 4 years closer to the precipice of dictatorship, than the past 8 years under Bush.