It’s really nice that Massachusetts exists. Sure, Boston kind of blows, but it’s a pretty state, it’s definitely intrinsic American history, and they like gay people. Well, some of them, at least.
As you may know, Governor Mitt Romney counts himself as one of the haters: a bigoted point of view he made astonishingly clear when he participated in the Family Reseach Councils so-called “Liberty Sunday.”
A gathering of the Evangelical variety, the event aimed to encourage Christian voters to turn out for next month’s mid-term elections. It’s already been shown that in the wake of Bob Ney’s conviction, Mark Foley’s resignation, and Speaker Dennis “Hasturd” Hastert’s misinformation, the Republican party’s core constituency may be a little civic shy. Thus, Romney lent his name (By the way, what kind of name is Mitt? Is it short for something? Like “Mitten”, maybe?) to reinforce the message that homos are a pock on the soul of America. The Boston Globe reports:
In an attempt to motivate religious conservatives to go to the polls next month, a national organization of family values activists will join Governor Mitt Romney and more than 1,000 local churchgoers today to argue to evangelicals that the legalization of same-sex marriage here is threatening religious liberty throughout the country.
The event, dubbed “Liberty Sunday” by its organizer, the Family Research Council, will be simulcast from the Tremont Temple Baptist Church , near Boston Common, to hundreds of churches. It will also be broadcast on several Christian television and radio networks as well as over the Internet…[to] a potential audience of 79 million, but says it is impossible to measure exactly how many people really tune in.
79 million? Holy shit. We certainly never draw those kind of numbers. Speaking of that number: in our own personal translation of The Bible, 79 represents lowest possible number of fucking idiots in Hell.
How about we take this to the next level?
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Of course, not all Evangelicals hate the homos. Pastors from a number of Evangelical churches across the state have taken aim at those who use religion for evil. Reverend Barry W. Lynne of a The United Church of Christ says:
This is part of this year’s crusade to get out the vote for the most conservative Republican candidates possible, and to use the imagery of religion to do so… The rhetoric at their past events has been so inflammatory, it should be an embarrassment to anyone even if they’re anti-gay marriage. The event is a common scare tactic to advance their anti gay agenda.
But, what does he know?? He’s just the executive director of Americans United for a Separation of Church and State.
The fact that we even need such an organization makes us sick.
David Goulart
As a Massachusetts resident I am disgusted by our “governor” and to think he is setting himself up for a Presidential run. It looks like yet another presidtial hopeful running on a platform of hate and intollerence. Why do I get the feeling that the ammendment to the cosntitution banning gay marriage will once again rear it’s ugly head.
KRIS F
MATT ROMNEY SHOULD STICK A DILDO UP HIS ASS. F*CK HIS HIS WIFE AND HIS NIGGA TO …..NOW TAKE THAT YOU STUPID BASTERD!!!!!!
KRIS F
SO MY BAD I WANTED TO SAY (FUCK HIM, HIS WIFE AND HIS NIGGA TO NOW TAKE THAT YOU COCK BAG)
THANK YOU ………FUCK ALL REPUBLICANS
Ryan
Want to know why he goes by Mitt? His real name is even worse…. Willard Romney!
And Boston ROCKS. How could anyone possibly think Boston blows? Just because we don’t have a 1,000 foot tower (yet) doesn’t mean we blow. There’s so much Boston has that cities like New York, Chicago and Houston could never have… namely, unique character.
x
I’m not gay, and just stumbled on this site from Google News, but I like what I see. 🙂
Need I mention how much I hate homophobic pseudo-religious freaks? Gotta love the irony, though: “I’m moral, you’re not. I’m big into war and bigotry, but hell…”
lee
I am a resident of Boston and Boston definitely does not “blow”. Were not talking Cleveland here. Of course, we aren’t as fabulous as NYC but Massachusetts has been the most gay friendly state in the country-can you marry in NYC-didn’t think so.
The thing with Romney is that when he ran against Kennedy as well as when he ran for governor he was pro-choice and big into gay rights. Hell, he even marched in the gay pride parade. Otherwise, he would of never won in this state. Wait until one of these religious wrong wackos see a picture of him in a Pride Parade with a Liza impersonator- and they are out there.
Romney has made an amazing evolution (can you say flip flop) over the past two years when he decided to run for President. Now he is adamantly pro-life, anti stem cell research, and an anti-gay bigot, Massachusetts basher. He’s a pig and if he think these religious freaks are going to vote for a mormon he is delusional. Afterall, mormonism is just a close relative to scientology.
derek
I wonder what he’ll say and do once it’s out that one of his sons likes knob….
shaun
Seriously, I love you Queerty guys, but you really shouldn’t make a comment like “Boston blows” w/o justifying your point of view. I’m just a poor guy from Virginia who moved to Boston, and to me, it means freedom. My partner, now husband, and I are so happy to live in the only major city in the nation where we can be married…”blows,” maybe you just need to spend some time living in the South.