Hate Group leader a member of Romney's Faith and Values Steering Committee

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Today, Governor Mitt Romney announced the members of the Romney for President National Faith and Values Steering Committee, a coalition of supporters who will advise Governor Romney on matters of faith and values.

"The men and women of our National Steering Committee represent decades spent defending faith, religious expression and traditional values. I believe that our Party and our nation must stand for strong families, traditional marriage and the sanctity of human life. I am proud to be joined by these leaders in our campaign to change Washington," said Governor Romney.

Serving as a Chair of the Steering Committee, noted Constitutional Attorney and Supreme Court Advocate Jay Sekulow said, "Governor Romney has a strong record of defending traditional values and supporting the faith community. He is the one candidate who has spoken to the importance of promoting stronger families. In Washington, he will stand alongside those defending our most important values."

The Romney For President National Faith And Values Steering Committee Chairs:

- Dr. Robert Andringa, President Emeritus, Council for Christian Colleges & Universities, Arizona
- James Bopp, Jr., Romney For President Special Adviser on Life Issues, Indiana
- Barbara Comstock, Former Department of Justice Spokesperson and former Susan B. Anthony List Advisory Committee Member, Virginia
- Mark DeMoss, President, DeMoss Group Public Relations, Georgia
- Ovide Lamontagne, New Hampshire
- Chris Long, Chief Operation Officer, Foster Friess & Associates, Delaware
- Gary Marx, Executive Director of the Judicial Confirmation Network, Former Executive Director of the Virginia Christian Coalition, Bush-Cheney '04 Conservative Coalitions Director, Virginia
- George Seay, Co-Founder and CEO, Annandale Capital; Co-Founder and Chairman, Legacy, Texas
- Jay Sekulow, Constitutional Attorney and Supreme Court Advocate, District of Columbia
- Lou Sheldon, President, Traditional Values Coalition, California
- Matthew Spalding, Director, B. Kenneth Simon Center For American Studies, The Heritage Foundation, District of Columbia
- Jack Templeton, Jr., Chairman, Let Freedom Ring, Pennsylvania

http://www.mittromney.com/News/Press-Releases/National_Faith_Values_Committee

In a 2005 posting on the TVC website, Sheldon wrote:

A dangerous Marxist/Leftist/Homosexual/Islamic coalition has formed – and we’d better be willing to fight it with everything in our power. These people are playing for keeps. Their hero, Mao Tse Tung is estimated to have murdered upwards of 60 million people during his reign of terror in China. Do we think we can escape such persecution if we refuse to fight for what is right?

The quote refers to an advertisement run in the New York Times in support of same-sex marriage, in which the TVC "cherry picked" signatories including the Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP), ACT UP (New York City), Queers for Economic Justice, the Islamic Circle of America and Imam Tabib Abdur-Rashid of the Islamic Brotherhood mosque in New York as "proof" of a conspiracy against the TVC's organizaion.

Soon after this episode, the Southern Poverty Law Center decided to list the TVC as a hate group.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Values_Coalition

Traditional Values Coalition appearing in a list of active hate groups:

http://www.splcenter.org/intel/map/hate.jsp?T=34&m=5

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1. But isn't it good he's found someone to love?

I'm sipping my coffee now. I'll be better soon.

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2. What is it about separation of church and state

that these people don't understand? Yes, it's bad enough that these people on Romney's "Faith and Values" committee are hate-mongers...but WHY does he have this steering committee in the first place? I don't want my government trying to legislate or direct my values, my morality or my religion!!

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3. what's a conservative without traditional beliefs in hate and oppression?

nothing.

romney believes in hate and oppression -- actively stepping on the necks and THREATENING the lives of people who have never harmed him.

of course that is every conservative.