REPUBLICAN GAY RIGHTS GROUP HITS BUSH, ROMNEY STANCES THIRD Edition

[David Rogers], who was president of the Log Cabin Club of Massachusetts when [Mitt Romney] was a gubernatorial candidate in 2002, said that while Romney made clear he was opposed to gay marriage, he said that he would fight any form of discrimination and left the impression he wouldn't crusade...

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Published inThe Boston globe
Main Author Rick Klein, and Mary Leonard, GLOBE STAFF
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Boston, Mass Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC 11.03.2004
Subjects
Bush, George W
Civil liberties
Constitutional amendments
LGBTQ rights
Political dissent
Romney, W Mitt
Same sex marriage
United States > US
Massachusetts
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Summary:[David Rogers], who was president of the Log Cabin Club of Massachusetts when [Mitt Romney] was a gubernatorial candidate in 2002, said that while Romney made clear he was opposed to gay marriage, he said that he would fight any form of discrimination and left the impression he wouldn't crusade against gay rights. Romney's meeting with Log Cabin Club members in October of that year, less than a month before the gubernatorial election, led members to believe he was not morally opposed to gay marriage. In part based on the responses Romney gave at the meeting, the group decided to endorse him in the general-election campaign against Democrat Shannon P. O'Brien. The Romney campaign wielded that endorsement as a shield when O'Brien accused Romney of trying to "mask a very conservative set of belief systems" on gay rights and other social issues. The Lob Cabin Club of Massachusetts did not turn out in force when the Legislature debated gay marriage amendments last month. But now, in part because Romney is working with lawmakers to outlaw gay marriage and not establish civil unions, many of the group's members feel it's important to demonstrate that not all Republicans oppose gay marriage, [Kenneth Sanchez] said. "We'll get a decent turnout," he said. "It's an opportunity for us to show another side of the Republican Party."
ISSN:0743-1791