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Romney To Deliver Commencement At Anti-Gay Liberty University
By Igor Volsky
Mitt Romney who at an earlier point in his career had promised to advance the equality of gay and lesbian people is scheduled to deliver the Commencement address at Jerry Falwells Liberty University on May 12, an Evangelical Christian college that refuses to recognize people or ideas that dont adhere to its social conservative worldview.
The university founded by the late Rev. Jerry Falwell in 1971 seeks to impress on its students a commitment to the Christian life that leads people to Jesus Christ as the Lord of the universe and their own personal Savior and forbids openly gay enrollees. Students are required to abide by a strict Code of Conduct, which prohibits them from engaging in [n]on-marital sexual relations, drinking, smoking, watching R-rated movies, dancing, cursing or hugging for longer than three seconds. In 2009, the school attracted controversy after it revoked its recognition of a Democratic club, because [t]he Democratic Party platform is contrary to the mission of Liberty University and to Christian doctrine. The school condemned the party for supporting abortion rights, same-sex marriage, hate crimes, LGBT rights, and socialism.
To that end, Liberty is heavily invested in the anti-gay and ex-gay movement. The school withdrew from the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in 2010 to protest the inclusion of a gay rights group and hosted a one-day symposium to address the consequences of being gay. The event offered sessions on (u)nderstanding Same-sex Attractions and Their Consequences and Homosexual Rights and First Amendment Freedoms: Can They Truly Coexist? Liberty University law professors Matt Barber and Judith Reisman have also linked gay and lesbian rights to the pedophile movement, while the schools affiliates describe marriage equality as a rebellion against God and claim that gay people are more likely to commit suicide because they know what they are doing is unnatural, is wrong, [and] is immoral.
Significantly, this isnt the first time Romney has embraced conservative Christian Evangelicals in an effort to endear himself to Republican voters. In 2007, he addressed Regent University, the school founded by televangelist Pat Robertson.
http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2012/04/19/467441/romney-liberty-commencement/
By Igor Volsky
Mitt Romney who at an earlier point in his career had promised to advance the equality of gay and lesbian people is scheduled to deliver the Commencement address at Jerry Falwells Liberty University on May 12, an Evangelical Christian college that refuses to recognize people or ideas that dont adhere to its social conservative worldview.
The university founded by the late Rev. Jerry Falwell in 1971 seeks to impress on its students a commitment to the Christian life that leads people to Jesus Christ as the Lord of the universe and their own personal Savior and forbids openly gay enrollees. Students are required to abide by a strict Code of Conduct, which prohibits them from engaging in [n]on-marital sexual relations, drinking, smoking, watching R-rated movies, dancing, cursing or hugging for longer than three seconds. In 2009, the school attracted controversy after it revoked its recognition of a Democratic club, because [t]he Democratic Party platform is contrary to the mission of Liberty University and to Christian doctrine. The school condemned the party for supporting abortion rights, same-sex marriage, hate crimes, LGBT rights, and socialism.
To that end, Liberty is heavily invested in the anti-gay and ex-gay movement. The school withdrew from the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in 2010 to protest the inclusion of a gay rights group and hosted a one-day symposium to address the consequences of being gay. The event offered sessions on (u)nderstanding Same-sex Attractions and Their Consequences and Homosexual Rights and First Amendment Freedoms: Can They Truly Coexist? Liberty University law professors Matt Barber and Judith Reisman have also linked gay and lesbian rights to the pedophile movement, while the schools affiliates describe marriage equality as a rebellion against God and claim that gay people are more likely to commit suicide because they know what they are doing is unnatural, is wrong, [and] is immoral.
Significantly, this isnt the first time Romney has embraced conservative Christian Evangelicals in an effort to endear himself to Republican voters. In 2007, he addressed Regent University, the school founded by televangelist Pat Robertson.
http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2012/04/19/467441/romney-liberty-commencement/
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Romney To Deliver Commencement At Anti-Gay Liberty University (Original Post)
ProSense
Apr 2012
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Democrats_win
(6,539 posts)1. No mention of how Mormonism supports Satan's biggest lie.
I'll point out that Mormons believe that people can be like God--which happens to be the same thing Satan/the Snake said to Eve that began the real rebellion against God.
One more time: you can't be a true Christian and support a Mormon. EVER!
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)2. Rmoney is racking up
A lot of baptisms. Spend eternity in Mormon heaven Jerry. LOL!
Initech
(100,076 posts)3. How are these institutions still tax exempt? Mind boggling!!!
bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)4. Ooh, this should be an interesting speech, for sure!
LeftinOH
(5,354 posts)5. He's really going for the fundie vote, which he was going to get
all along. Given the choice in November, fundies will vote for a Mormon over any DEM. No matter what.