See link below for article about Mitt Romney's apparent inconsistency when it comes to gay and abortion rights. It sounds like he was pretty liberal on those issues when he ran for the Senate in 1994. Another interesting tidbit: Mitt's mother ran for the Senate in 1970 as an abortion supporter. I wonder where she stood with regard to the Church's later anti-ERA campaign (during which the Church argued, among other things, that the ERA could lead to more abortions).
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061212/ap_ ... ial_issues
Mitt 'in the closet' re support of gay/abortion rights?
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_Rollo Tomasi
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Mitt 'in the closet' re support of gay/abortion rights?
"Moving beyond apologist persuasion, LDS polemicists furiously (and often fraudulently) attack any non-traditional view of Mormonism. They don't mince words -- they mince the truth."
-- Mike Quinn, writing of the FARMSboys, in "Early Mormonism and the Magic World View," p. x (Rev. ed. 1998)
-- Mike Quinn, writing of the FARMSboys, in "Early Mormonism and the Magic World View," p. x (Rev. ed. 1998)
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moksha wrote:Perhaps his target audience changed?
Yup. Politics is great that way.
"Moving beyond apologist persuasion, LDS polemicists furiously (and often fraudulently) attack any non-traditional view of Mormonism. They don't mince words -- they mince the truth."
-- Mike Quinn, writing of the FARMSboys, in "Early Mormonism and the Magic World View," p. x (Rev. ed. 1998)
-- Mike Quinn, writing of the FARMSboys, in "Early Mormonism and the Magic World View," p. x (Rev. ed. 1998)
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Re: Mitt 'in the closet' re support of gay/abortion rights?
Rollo Tomasi wrote:See link below for article about Mitt Romney's apparent inconsistency when it comes to gay and abortion rights. It sounds like he was pretty liberal on those issues when he ran for the Senate in 1994. Another interesting tidbit: Mitt's mother ran for the Senate in 1970 as an abortion supporter. I wonder where she stood with regard to the Church's later anti-ERA campaign (during which the Church argued, among other things, that the ERA could lead to more abortions).
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061212/ap_ ... ial_issues
Running in Massachusets probably spurred the need to take these stances I am assuming. It will certainly be a good way to show his motives and a bellweather on his platform to come.
But all that being said I don't think he'll make it past the convention.
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Some insects called the human race
Lost in time
And lost in space...and meaning