Earlier this week following a report in The Boston Globe, several national LGBT organizations slammed Governor Romney for his decision to reject new birth certificates for gay parents when he was serving as governor.
This may be news to those around the country but I do not suffer from that interesting condition Obama keeps referring to while campaigning called Romnesia. I remember all too well the “my way or the highway” mentality; his complete lack of interest in supporting education and any social programs.
So I was not surprised to read The Boston Globe story on Thursday which started, It seemed like a minor adjustment. To comply with the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling that legalized gay marriage in 2003, the state Registry of Vital Records and Statistics said it needed to revise its birth certificate forms. Instead of just “father,’’ the new forms would feature a box labeled “father or second parent,’’ reflecting the new law of the land. But to then-Governor Mitt Romney, who opposed permitting gay married couples to raise children, the proposed change was a glaring symbol of the decline of the traditional definition of family. He rejected the Registry of Vital Records plan and insisted that his top legal staff individually review the circumstances of every birth to same-sex parents.
And should candidate Romney get elected you shouldn’t be surprised either. While Romney may actually believe he cares about everyone, his definition of “everyone” doesn’t really include those who are different from him. Don’t believe me? Ask a resident in Massachusetts. There is a reason Obama is leading Romney here by 20 points. Romney could go down as the first modern candidate to win a Presidential election but lose his home state; let alone lose it by a landslide.
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