Mitt Romney Is a NOM Donor, Document Shows

[William769]

Mitt Romney has not only signed a pledge from the National Organization for marriage to fight for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, he's also given money to the antigay group's causes, according to a document circulated by the Human Rights Campaign.

HRC posted a copy of a Federal Election Commission filing from the Alabama-based Free and Strong America PAC, run by the Romney campaign in 2008. It shows a $10,000 donation to NOM that could be the very same contribution that a campaign spokesman once bragged would help fund the Proposition 8 battle that was happening at the time.

The Huffington Post reports that Romney spokesman, Eric Fehrnstrom, told the Deseret News in October 2008, "The governor feels strongly that marriage is an institution between a man and a woman, and one of the most high-profile fights on this subject is happening in California." He revealed that Romney had made a $10,000 donation but until now there hasn't been any disclosure found to confirm it -- that is, if it's the same donation.

As a donor and presumably a member of NOM, since a portion of all donations automatically goes toward membership dues, it's possible that the Romney campaign saw the "confidential" memo in which NOM outlines its strategy to "drive a wedge between gays and blacks -- two key Democratic constituencies."

http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2012/03/30/Mitt_Romney_Is_a_NOM_Donor_Document_Shows/

[Dawson Leery]

1. Along with his Mormon Church and the Roman Catholic Church.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=494609

[Kalidurga]

2. I keep telling people...

that Mittens Rmoney is probably worse than Santorum. I think he is even more insane as well.

[RKP5637]

4. Rmoney just hides it better. n/t

[RKP5637]

3. This guy is a very strange dude! Just what a country needs that brags about

its equality and equal opportunity to the world.