Rainbow City is one thing.... Kink land is quite another.
On Apr 25, 10:41 am, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Romney Proclaimed Boston "Rainbow City" Then Took It Back
>
> As governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney nearly killed the "The
> Governor's Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth" after it used his name
> in connection with a Pride event.
>
> By Lucas Grindley
>
> As governor, Mitt Romney's administration once proclaimed that it
> would "transform Boston Common into 'Rainbow City,'" according to a
> 2006 news release dug up by BuzzFeed.
>
> The Governor's Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth made the promise as
> part of its Youth Pride celebration in March 2006. But that doesn't
> necessarily mean Romney supported the idea.
>
> Although Romney's name is featured at the very top of the
> announcement's official-looking letterhead, he actually tried to scrap
> the whole thing, BuzzFeed reports.
>
> "Rainbow City" was the theme for the 2006 festival, which included a
> parade, a drag king host, awards for young people who inspired the
> LGBT community, and performances of songs from The Wizard of Oz by the
> Boston Women's Rainbow Chorus.
>
> But BuzzFeed points out that Romney tried to abolish the Governor's
> Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth, which had long preceded his
> tenure. The governor was reportedly angry that his name was being used
> in connection with the event.
>
> Announcements in 2003 and 2004 of Youth Pride, headlined dramatically
> as "A Proclamation By His Excellency Governor Mitt Romney," sounded
> very positive for LGBT youth.
>
> "Whereas gay youth and their straight supporters are joining together"
> and "whereas young people, particularly gays and lesbians, are at a
> high risk for suicide, abuse of drugs and alcohol and running away
> from home," plus a few more "whereas" classes, therefore Romney would
> declare one day in May as Youth Pride Day.
>
> A Romney spokesman told the Boston Globe at the time that Romney
> considered abolishing the LGBT-focused commission and replacing it
> with one for all youth but decided that would be "too harsh." Instead
> he required that taxpayer money stop being spent on "parades and
> parties."
>
> Antigay activist Brian Camenker, now of MassResistance, had met with
> the governor's staff to complain about photos from past parades,
> according to the Globe.
>
> "They had boys in fishnet stockings and high heels parading down
> Boylston Street," Camenker said, according to the Globe, that he
> informed Romney's staff. "They had boys dressed as women embracing. We
> presented stuff, and they were visibly sickened by what they saw. I
> said, basically, this group has to go. It's so manifestly destructive
> to kids that you have to get rid of it. They said they'd do
> something."
>
> More:http://www.advocate.com/Politics/Romney_Proclaimed_Boston_Rainbow_Cit...
>
> --
> Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> Have a great day,
> Tommy
>
> --
> Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> Have a great day,
> Tommy
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