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Gay GOP Donor Bill White Pulls Support From Mitt Romney Over Gay Marriage
Bill White, an openly gay supporter of Mitt Romney, has decided to withdraw his support for Romney and back President Barack Obama instead. White had given $2,500 to the Romney campaign.
White is the chairman and CEO of the New York-based consulting firm Constellations Group. White told CNN he has advocated on behalf of injured and fallen veterans for 20 years, and has been awarded the Meritorious Public Service Award from the Coast Guard and from the Navy
In a letter obtained by CNN, White wrote: "I feel that I no longer wish to support your presidential campaign and ask that you please return the maximum contribution that I gave to you last year. You have chosen to be on the wrong side of history and I do not support your run for president any longer."
"Several days later this past Saturday to a packed stadium of young college students you made the following statement that 'Marriage is only between one man and one woman,'"
"I believe that you will do as you now say and try to force a constitutional amendment which would attempt to make my own legal and blessed marriage null and void."
In an interview with CNN, White said: "Quite frankly, I was not supporting Barack Obama, I was supporting Mitt Romney. And my support is not just words or my vote, it's also putting my money where my mouth is."
"I'm looking at a guy who I'm supporting for president, and who I want to be my president and who I've given my money to, to be president, saying something I didn't think he would be saying."
"Now, I feel like he's declared war on my marriage. And I could just sit back and not say anything. Or I could do something about it. And I've chosen to do something about it."
CNN contacted the Romney campaign, but did not receive a response.
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So if the man gets his
So if the man gets his "refund", do those who supported Obama on his previous stance on marijuana also get one, and those who supported him on balancing the budget, and those who supported him on bringing back the troops from Iraq and Afghanistan, and those who supported his previous stance on gay marriage, and every other change he's made, or not made as the case may be?
I find this man's claims rather disingenuous. I completely understand his decision to change his mind, but he should have checked out his candidate before he sent his cheque. Maybe it's just because it's election year, but I am sick of political gamesmanship and intrique.
To bad the few politicians who are open and honest don't get the respect and support the gameplayers do. PT Barnum could win these days, and probably will.
I am straight. Retired US
I am straight. Retired US Marine. Married. etc. etc. etc.
WHY ARE OTHER "ALLEGEDLY" STRAIGHT MEN THREATENED BY GAY MARRIAGE???? IT DOESN'T AFFECT ME, MY MARRIAGE...OR MY OWN PERSONAL LIFE WHATSOEVER.
THERE ARE SEVERAL, SEVERAL POLLS THAT SEEM TO THINK THESE DISGUSTING ALLEGED "STRAIGHT" GUYS ARE CLOSETED HOMOSEXUALS. WHY ELSE WOULD THEY FEEL SO THREATENED???
ANY REAL STRAIGHT MAN COULD GIVE A RAT'S ASS ABOUT WHAT A GAY MAN IS DOING IN HIS OWN BEDROOM!!
TED DURHAM, ZERO AND THAT OTHER FSI LOSER, PROBABLY TAKE IT UP THE ASS IN PRIVATE AND DREAM ABOUT BBC's ALL THE TIME. GUYS, WORRY ABOUT YOUR OWN MARRIAGE....IT AIN'T PERFECT, IF IT WAS, YOU WOULDN'T BE HERE WORRYING GAY MEN'S MARRIAGE...AND NO TED, GAY PPL DON'T HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS IDIOT. STAY OUT OF OTHER PPL'S BEDROOMS, OR DO YOU WANT LIBERALS TO USE THE GOP SLOGAN OF "GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO STAY OUT OF OUR LIVES" AGAINST YOU HYPOCRITE?
Look, this conversation about
Look, this conversation about gay rights is getting old. Gay people have the same rights as everyone else in the US. Complaining about using the word marriage is not something a government can decide. The word marriage is a biblical term that God used and said that it is between a man and a woman. Who am I to tell him that he has to change his ways! And if you don't believe in God, it is still a biblical term. If a gay couple wants to be united, just use another word. Gay used to be a word that we used when we were describing someone who was in a good mood or happy. Now the meaning is changed. Does this mean that Gay people want to change what marriage is? Does this mean that gay people wish to change what my marriage to my wife means? Look, I don't discriminate against people and accept them for who they are, why can't I be accepted for who I am? Me telling a gay person he or she lives the wrong lifestyle would make me discriminatory. But a gay person telling me that I have to accept their ways is discriminatory also. Let's all move forward and get along. Choose another name for a gay union. Would it be right for me to tell everyone that my wife and I have a gay union? No it wouldn't as we are not. So why would a gay couple want to describe their union a something it isn't?
You really need to do better
You really need to do better homework. Marriage (the word) was around long before the Bible. It isn't really a biblical word and as far as gay marriage is concerned, the church used to condone it and sanctify it. At least it did until about 1800 years ago.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/2rites.asp
This is a secular nation and, in accordance with that, and any lawyer will confirm this, marriage is a LEGAL CONTRACT between two consenting adults.
That is why it takes a judge, not a priest, to grant a divorce.
Marriage is marriage and it doesn't make any difference, as far as the genders of the people getting married, whether it is a man and woman, two men or two women. Marriage is about the relationship and it's presumed permanence, not the genders of the couple.
The insanity principle is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results. The far right, the far left, vegans, creationists and other extremists believe in the insanity principle, religiously.
You actually need to do your
You actually need to do your research. Who is 'The Church'? It is not the church of God. Gay and marriage do not go together, Marriage also implies procreation.
Marriage implies procreation?
Marriage implies procreation? How does it do that? Some people are naturally sterile, others choose not to have children, some marry when they are beyond child-bearing age, and others are same-sex marriage and either adopt or foster children.
You're allowing your religious brainwashing to overwhelm your rational thinking.
All christian churches clam it be the "church of god". One sect has even officially taken that name. That seems a bit arrogant to me, but so do all the others claiming to be the "true christians".
Telling people they live the
Telling people they live the wrong way isn't the best thing to do. If you think about it, you are in a way judging them, and doesn't it say something about that in the Bible? No one is telling you to accept marriage equality. They are telling you that this country was founded for equality, and everyone deserves it. Remember, "Seperate but equal" never works.
Mr. White is what is right
Mr. White is what is right with this country. Either you support someone who will protect the rights of ALL citizens or you will support someone who will pick and choose which people are "entitled" to equal rights.
Romney has repeatedly shown that he is the latter, not the former. Romney's support of the Constitution ends where his ignorance and religion start, which means that the 14th amendment does not mean Equal protection in it's real sense, but only in the sense of the ones that his religion feels should be treated with equality; those on the unapproved list include LGBT people, non-CHristians, Christians that do not agree (completely and blindly with his religion's stupidity) and the poor or working classes.
To dispute that fact is to ignore everything that he has DONE (as opposed to said) since he was in charge of Bain Capital.
The insanity principle is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results. The far right, the far left, vegans, creationists and other extremists believe in the insanity principle, religiously.
The gay will be gay.
The gay will be gay. Therefore the Mormons seek their own accepting one rejecting the other. Even in nature gay sex is seen not rejected by us. Why reject the gay when they are seen? Let them marry if it gives them joy. You would not want Joy kept from you. Therefore be equal.
Why do I think he may have to
Why do I think he may have to work a bit harder to get his contribution returned? With people like Romney, it's a one-way valve for cash, either in politics or business.
Mormons have always supported
Mormons have always supported marriage of one man and one woman.;)
Which man and woman is it?
Which man and woman is it? :)
Apparently Rommney has come down on several sides of many issues. It is hard to see what his principles are. He is apparently ruthless in business, that is hardly principled, - though it is selfish and greedy.
Principles? They are exactly
Principles? They are exactly the same as those any other politician.
"Get (re)elected." Everything they think, do, and say must pass only one filter, "Will this help me get elected?" Nothing else matters, not truth, nor what is good for their constituents, or the country. "Get elected" That's it, nothing complicated or difficult to understand.
That's why I have long favored a one-term limit for every elected and appointed public office.
See my essay at: https://slrman.wordpress.com/2010/08/03/term-limits/