Romney Working the Gay Hate Early
Posted on | September 27, 2007
With more than a year left before the presidential election, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is already out of ideas:
Leading the way on an issue almost certain to be resurrected during the general election, Mitt Romney will issue a statement this morning condemning the Democratic candidates for their refusal at last night’s debate to rule out teaching about gay issues to second-graders.
The comments, on the heels of the MoveOn.org ad controversy, are already prompting glee in Republican circles as yet more made-to-order fodder that the party and its conservatvie allies can use to paint Democrats as out of the mainstream.
Romney is to say that the answers proved “how out of touch the Democratic presidential candidates are with the American people.”
“Not one candidate was uncomfortable with young children learning about same-sex marriage in the second grade,” Romney notes. “This is a subject that should be left to parents, not public school teachers”…
This is not the first time Romney has seized on teaching about gay issues to young children. In July, he took Obama to task after the Illinois senator told a Planned Parenthood conference that “it’s the right thing to do to provide age-appropriate sex education, science-based sex education in schools.” A rival to Romney pointed out that the former governor himself had supported “age-appropriate” sex ed in his 2002 gubernatorial bid.
Homophobia has been a reliable draw for GOP voters, and when it comes to education issues, their answer always seems to be less education.
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