Romney: ‘The Price Of Same-Sex Marriage Is Paid By The Children’

[kpete]

Romney: ‘The Price Of Same-Sex Marriage Is Paid By The Children’
By Zack Ford on May 15, 2012 at 4:30 pm

RightWingWatch has uncovered a clip of Mitt Romney speaking at an event known as “Liberty Sunday” in 2006 alongside anti-gay hate group leaders like Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council, Don Wildmon of the American Family Association, and James Dobson, formerly of Focus on the Family. In his speech, Romney attacked the Massachusetts Supreme Court for its marriage equality decision, warning that there would be severe consequences for children:

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ROMNEY: Here in Massachusetts, activist judges struck a blow to the foundation of civilization: the family. They ruled that our Constitution requires people of the same gender to marry. I believe their error occurred because they focused on adult rights. They said that if heterosexual adults can marry, then homosexual couples have to also be able to marry to have equal rights. But what they ignored is that marriage is not primarily about adults; marriage is about the nurturing and development of children.

A child’s development is enhanced by the nurturing of both genders. Every child deserves a mother and a father. Of course, the principle burden of this court’s ruling doesn’t fall on adults; it falls on children. We’re asked to change the state birth certificate to prevent heterocentricity — “mother” and “father” will become “Parent A” and “Parent B.” An elementary school teacher reads to her second-graders from a book titled “The King and the King” [sic] about a prince who marries a prince. And a second-grader’s father is denied the right to have his daughter taken out of that classroom while the book is being read.[...]

The price of same-sex marriage is paid by the children. Our fight for marriage then should focus on the needs of children, not the rights of adults.

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http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2012/05/15/484678/romney-marriage-children/

[Liberal Veteran]

1. Oh, really, Mittens?

[hifiguy]

7. That should be on continuous play

to shut up the haters and bigots. One hell of a fine young man. Brave, too.

[pnwmom]

2. Yeah, right, Snip. What about the gay teens who've committed suicide

because they haven't seen a place for themselves in the world? Aren't those children paying a price?

What about the children raised by gay parents in traditional marriages -- i.e., gay people in unhappy marriages to straight people? Aren't those children paying a price?

[all american girl]

3. So, from what he is saying, and all these

Religious folks, that gay couple can't raise kids properly, and single and divorced parent are unable to do it also. Hate to tell him, but he is wrong. I wasn't raise by gay parents, but a single mom during the '70's. We all came out fIne. I am getting really sick of this language. Before it was called "broken homes," my home wasn't broken and there is nothing wrong with gay parents.

[Cali_Democrat]

4. And what about kids with only one parent?

What about them? Not only do many heterosexual marriages end in divorce, but many kids are being raised by one parent. What about the polygamy within the Mormon faith? Huh?

What an asshole.

[NickB79]

5. If marriage is only about raising children, ban post-menopausal women from marrying

And impotent men, men and women who have had surgical sterilization, and anyone who's been declared infertile by their doctor.

Fair's fair, right Mitt?

[hifiguy]

6. Didn't David Boies and Ted Olson tear down this canard

brick by brick in the Prop H8 trial? I seem to remember that the district court judge found that they did, by clear and convincing evidence.

[Fearless]

8. What an asshole! n/t

[maggiesfarmer]

9. my issue is with the statement ``...Constitution requires people of the same gender to marry''

I only read the transcript of MR's comments (hate watching online videos) and I haven't read the transcript of the court ruling (too lazy) but I seriously doubt that the supreme court of Massachusettes decided that the constituion requires gay people to marry. ``allows'' I would buy, but it's unfathomable to me that a state supreme court justice would come to the ``requires'' conclusion. but then, I went to a state school, not Harvard, so <sarcasm>I'm sure MR's comprehension of the English language exceeds mine</sarcasm>

the part about marriage being for the kids, I'd love to see what his legal precedent for that comment is as well. let's make sure this story gets propagated to all the childless couples out there.

[arbusto_baboso]

10. Actually, Mitt, you know what REALLY fucks kids up?

Being raised Mormon. It generally is far more harmful to a child than being raised by gay parents.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

11. What's this so-called "price" that children pay for having gay parents ?

that Mr. (former) "left-of-Ted-Kennedy-on-gay-rights" speaks of? Recognizing that not everybody is exactly the same and that that is o.k.?

[Johonny]

12. Jerk's like Romney might beat them up in school because they are "different"

making other kids pay a price for not conforming to Mitt's norm is something he is an expert at.

[notadmblnd]

13. Well in his world it is all about the children

when one believes that he will himself will inherit a planet and become a God, children become a very important part of your marriage(s).

It's crazy, but it's true.