Mitt Romney, Richard Grenell and Republican homophobia

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Mitt Romney, Richard Grenell and Republican homophobia
When Ric was appointed Romney's foreign policy expert, I rejoiced that the GOP had turned the page on gay hate. Alas…

Fred Karger
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 3 May 2012


I woke up on Tuesday morning to some very disheartening news: my friend Ric Grenell had been forced out of the Romney campaign. I had a sick feeling in my stomach all day.

Just 12 days earlier, Mitt Romney had surprised a lot of people by appointing Ric as his foreign policy spokesman. It was big news and I was impressed. I said at the time that Romney had picked the best man for the job – and had extended an olive branch to the LGBT community. Richard Grenell is openly gay.

Within minutes of the Romney announcement, Bryan Fischer, spokesman for the American Family Association went to town spewing his hate as only he can do. He attacked Romney, "Mitt Romney dropped a bomb on the evangelical community today," Fischer said. Next, he went after Ric Grenell and called him a "'sex-obsessed' homosexual".

Just months earlier, Fischer had viscously attacked Mitt Romney's Mormon religion and said that the first amendment does not apply to them. So Bryan Fischer is no friend of Mitt Romney's. ..................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/may/03/mitt-romney-richard-grenell-republican-homophobia