Kimberly Atkins, a Boston Herald Reporter Lies:

http://news.bostonherald.com/localPolitics/view.bg?articleid=162688

 

Kim says, "Romney, who is seen as courting the evangelical right"

 

Is seen by who as courting the evangelic right? Why is he courting the evangelical right? Why don't you report it as, "Romney who expresses his heart felt honest opinion?" Romney has always been pro-civil unions, anti-marriage. He has not changed his views to "court the evangelical right" so where did Kim pull that from?

 

Kim continues; "in his presidential bid, ripped the state's same-sex marriage law during Sunday's Boston forum"

 

This is how Romney, started his speech that "ripped the state's same-sex marriage law": "Welcome to this historic city". Yeah, Kim (and others) Romney hates the state...

 

Here again is what Romney said.

Remarks by Governor Mitt Romney
Liberty Sunday: Defending Our First Freedom
October 15, 2006

"Welcome to this historic city. The authors of liberty recognized a Divine Creator who bequeathed to us certain inalienable rights. They affirmed freedom of religion and proscribed the establishment of any one religion. Today, there are some people would like to establish a single religion for America . . . the religion of secularism. They not only reject traditional religious values, but also the values of the founders. And they set aside the wisdom of the ages. Their allies are activist judges. Here in Massachusetts, activist judges struck a blow to the foundation of civilization, the family. They ruled that our constitution requires same sex marriage. I believe their error occurred because they focused on adult rights. If adult heterosexual couples can marry, they reasoned, then to have equal rights, adult homosexual couples must also be able to marry.

But marriage is not primarily about adults. Marriage is primarily 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 principal burden of the Court's ruling doesn't fall on adults. It falls on children. We are asked to change the state birth certificate. To prevent "heterocentricity," mother and father would become parent A and parent B. An elementary school teacher reads to her 2nd graders from a book titled "The King and King" about a prince who marries a prince. And a 2nd grader's father is denied the right to have his child removed from class while that book is being read. Our state's most difficult-to-place adoptive children may no longer be placed by Catholic charities because they favor homes where there's a mother and a father.

The price of same sex marriage is paid by children. Our fight for marriage, then, should focus on the needs of children, not the rights of adults. In fact, as Americans, I believe that we should show an outpouring of respect and tolerance for all people, regardless of their differences or their different choices. We must vigorously reject discrimination and bigotry. We are all God's children. He abhors none of us.

Massachusetts is the front line on marriage, but unless we adopt a federal amendment to protect marriage, what is happening here will unquestionably enter every other state. The spreading religion of secularism and its substitute values cannot be allowed to weaken the foundation of family or the faith of our fathers who more than life their freedom loved."

You will see that Kim lies. Romney never "ripped the state's same-sex marriage law." How exactly does one rip a law? Romney calmly explained why he disagreed with it.

 

Kim mocks Romney, but what does she think about the facts? What does she think about the fact that, "Our state's most difficult-to-place adoptive children may no longer be placed by Catholic charities because they favor homes where there's a mother and a father."

 

Was Romney wrong to point out, "An elementary school teacher reads to her 2nd graders from a book titled "The King and King" about a prince who marries a prince. And a 2nd grader's father is denied the right to have his child removed from class while that book is being read." Was Romney Ripping the state, or was he defending parent's rights? You know Kim, you can spin it how you want, but why don't you link to what Romney said, and let people decide for themselves? Why over simplify his positions? Why lie?

 

Romney says, "In fact, as Americans, I believe that we should show an outpouring of respect and tolerance for all people, regardless of their differences or their different choices. We must vigorously reject discrimination and bigotry. We are all God's children. He abhors none of us." Is that "ripp[ing] the state's same-sex marriage law" or "courting the evangelical right".What are you doing Kim? Are you courting the ACLU left? What are you adding to the intellectual debate? You are harming the intellectual debate, by over simplifying and miss characterizations. Kim, you are harming America, and it would have been so easy for you to have gotten this one right.