After last night’s bru-ha-ha around Romney’s decision to abolish the state commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth… and then reinstate it… (the Globe has a good, detailed story of the flip-flop this morning) … one is left to wonder if state policy is nowing being dictated to the governor by the Alliance 8 Alliance.
A group who was behind this quote-unquote news article posted by the Agape Press yesterday at just about the same time — and if my calculations are right… about a half hour before the original Romney abolition — that not only called Youth Pride, "100 percent about homosexuality and cross-dressing and various other perversions," but more importantly to the administration… called Romney a hypocrite:
The Article 8 Alliance spokesman says Governor Romney, who is a possible 2008 Republican presidential candidate, is giving homosexual activist groups carte blanche to "have their way with kids in Massachusetts." He contends that there is a "huge amount of hypocrisy" in the governor’s political pitches to values voters, particularly as he travels to South Carolina and other southern states, "talking about what a conservative he is and how pro-family he is, when he allows this to happen."
You think a guy running for president would have a little thicker skin than that. Someone calls you a hypocrite online and you abolish a 14 year old Commission that has helped countless youth find the support and care they need in the world to grow up to be productive citizens of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts?
Sheesh.
This year’s Youth Pride is being held THIS SATURDAY, May 13 (also my sister’s birthday! Happy birthday Katie!) at noon at the Castle (It’s a venue change because of the rain) located at Arlington and Columbus.
Want to show your support to the LGBTQI Youth of Massachusetts?
Show up.
EDITED TO ADD: Hothouse blog has a great entry up now about this issue.
