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CONTACTS:
- Dr. Gary Cass: 954-551-9770
- Brian Camenker: 617-835-1369
OHIO ROBOS HIT ROMNEY
ON GAY ISSUES
Columbus, OH (MMD Newswire) March 5, 2012 -- One day before Ohio's
delegate-rich GOP presidential primary election, Super Tuesday's
biggest prize, national frontrunner Mitt Romney is getting hit hard on
his gay rights record with millions of robo-calls, emails and videos.
Aiming for Republicans as well as registered Democrats, who are free to
cross over to vote in the GOP contest, an ecumenical group of Jews and
Christians supporting Romney's rival, Rick Santorum, released the
robo-call script this morning. It reads:
"Hi, my name is Brian Camenker; I'm a Jew from Massachusetts.
"And, this is Darcy Brandon; I'm a Christian from California. If you
believe as we do that marriage and sexuality should only be between a
man and a woman, please help us stop Mitt Romney.
"As Governor, Romney signed 'Gay Youth Pride Day' proclamations,
promoted homosexuality in our elementary schools, and
unconstitutionally ordered state officals to make Massachusetts
America's first same-sex marriage state. Romney supports open
homosexuality in the military, the appointment of homosexual judges,
and the ENDA law, making it illegal to fire a man who wears a dress and
high heels to work, even if he's your kid's teacher. When you vote
tomorrow, please vote for social sanity and Rick Santorum, NOT for
homosexuality and Mitt Romney.
"Rick Santorum is the ONLY candidate who can be trusted to uphold
traditional marriage, a straight military, and the rights of American
children to have both a mother and a father. This message paid for by
Jews and Christians Together.org and not authorized by any candidate.
To get the facts before you vote, visit Jews and Christians
Together.org."
That website, urging Ohio voters to "get the shocking facts on Mitt
Romney," links to a page called "The Romney Files". That page,
identical to email content blasted to over a million Ohio residents on
Sunday, documents Romney's progressive record on gay issues, a record
that may be problematic for the former Massachusetts governor in more
conservative Super Tuesday states like Ohio, Georgia and Tennessee.
"The Romney Files", assembled by the Boston-based group Mass
Resistance, show a gubernatorial proclamation Romney signed declaring
"Gay Youth Pride Week"; a video comparison of RomneyCare to ObamaCare,
two similar approaches to socialized medicine; a Planned Parenthood
questionnaire Romney signed in favor of publicly-subsidized abortion,
abortion drugs and contraceptives; and a claim that "Romney's wife Ann
personally donated to Planned Parenthood!" That page links to a more
in-depth "Mitt Romney Report" full of details that trouble GOP
conservatives trying to select their presidential nominee.
Brian Camenker, president of Mass Resistance and compiler of much of
that Romney research and one of the robo-call voices said, "Mitt Romney
would be the most liberal Republican ever nominated for the Presidency.
Romney is so far left, he spoke against the right of the Boy Scouts to
screen-out homosexuals. Mitt Romney proved during the January 8 Meet
the Press debate that he's still as far left on the gay agenda as
always. He proudly announced, 'a member of my cabinet was gay. I
appointed people to the bench regardless of their sexual orientation.'
Asked when he last stood up and spoke out for increasing gay rights,
Romney said 'Right now.'"
Dr. Gary Cass, president of DefendChristians.org and a member of Jews
& Christians Together.org said, "We believe Rick Santorum is the
only viable alternative to Romney. All Jews and Christians are aware
that the Bible, from the Jewish Books of Moses to the Christian Gospels
to the epistles of Saint Paul, commands God's faithful to love the
sinner but hate the sin, and indeed to recognize homosexuality as sin.
Romney, on the other hand, endorses homosexuality as a good choice for
young people."
Cass said that he supports Santorum, the former Pennsylvania Senator,
because last year Santorum signed The Marriage Vow, a political pledge
document from Iowa also embraced by Texas Gov. Rick Perry and U.S. Rep.
Michele Bachmann (R-MN) last year. That eventually earned Santorum a
narrow victory in Iowa and the endorsement of conservative radio
personality Dr. James Dobson and other evangelicals. Santorum, said
Cass, "courageously put his name to some very bold, very
Judeo-Christian, and extremely politically-incorrect statements about
marriage and sexuality." Santorum's pro-marriage vow:
- Recognizes "the overwhelming statistical evidence that married people
enjoy better health, better sex, longer lives, greater financial
stability, and that children raised by a mother and a father together
experience better learning, less addiction, less legal trouble, and
less extramarital pregnancy;"
- Rejects "anti-scientific bias which holds, in complete absence
of
empirical proof, that non-heterosexual inclinations are
genetically
determined, irresistible and akin to innate traits like race, gender
and eye color;"
- Rejects "anti-scientific bias which holds, against all empirical
evidence, that homosexual behavior in particular, and sexual
promiscuity in general, optimizes individual or public health;"
- Contains a pledge of "Personal fidelity to my spouse" and "Respect
for the marital bonds of others" which Gingrich, Cain, Romney and Ron
Paul declined to sign, but which Bachmann and Perry joined Santorum in
signing.
Cass, an ordained Presbyterian minister, said, "Rick Santorum signed
the Iowa vow last summer while Romney was calling for more gay hiring."
Another link at Jews & Christians Together.org connects to a voter
guide from Family Research Council that shows Romney in support of
ENDA, the proposed federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act "that adds
sexual orientation as a protected class." Camenker, the Jewish Romney
opponent from Massachusetts, said ENDA "would forbid the firing of
transvestite elementary school teachers, open bisexuals, and other bad
examples to America's young people."
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NOTE: For talk show bookings, contact Brian Camenker (617-835-1369) or
Dr. Gary Cass (954-551-9770).
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RELIGIOUS ROBOS HIT
ROMNEY ON GAY ISSUES IN SOUTH
'Jews and Christians Together' Do Talk
Show Circuit
Birmingham, AL (MMD Newswire) March 12, 2012 -- To deny Mitt Romney any
southern state victories, drive a stake into Newt Gingrich's candidacy,
and test whether greater numbers of churchgoing African-American voters
may walk away from President Obama over gay rights issues this fall, an
ecumenical group of Jews and Christians which supports Rick Santorum is
aiming religious robo-calls at registered voters from both parties in
Tuesday's Alabama and Mississippi GOP Presidential primaries. Starting
a week ago in Ohio, millions of such robo-calls and emails began
hitting Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney on his gay rights record.
The robo-message:
"Hi, my name is Brian Camenker; I'm a Jew from Massachusetts.
"And, this is Darcy Brandon; I'm a Christian from California. If you
believe as we do that marriage and sexuality should only be between a
man and a woman, please help us stop Mitt Romney.
"As Governor, Romney signed 'Gay Youth Pride Day' proclamations,
promoted homosexuality in our elementary schools, and
unconstitutionally ordered state officials to make Massachusetts
America's first same-sex marriage state. Romney supports open
homosexuality in the military, the appointment of homosexual judges,
and the ENDA law, making it illegal to fire a man who wears a dress and
high heels to work, even if he's your kid's teacher. When you vote
tomorrow, please vote for social sanity and Rick Santorum, NOT for
homosexuality and Mitt Romney.
"Rick Santorum is the ONLY candidate who can be trusted to uphold
traditional marriage, a straight military, and the rights of American
children to have both a mother and a father. This message paid for by
Jews and Christians Together.org and not authorized by any candidate.
To get the facts before you vote, visit Jews and Christians
Together.org."
That website, urging Alabama and Mississippi voters to "get the
shocking facts on Mitt Romney," links to a page called "The Romney
Files" . That page, identical to email content blasted to over a
million Ohio residents a week ago, documents Romney's progressive
record on gay issues, a record that matches up closely with Obama's and
which may be problematic for both men among black, evangelical,
Catholic and southern voters.
"The Romney Files" , assembled by the Boston-based group Mass
Resistance, show a gubernatorial proclamation Romney signed declaring
"Gay Youth Pride Day"; a video comparison of RomneyCare to ObamaCare,
two similar approaches to socialized medicine; a Planned Parenthood
questionnaire Romney signed in favor of publicly-subsidized abortion,
abortion drugs and contraceptives; and a claim that "Romney's wife Ann
personally donated to Planned Parenthood."
That page links to a video by Rabbi Yehuda Levin of Brooklyn, NY,
director of the Rabbinical Alliance of America, a 70 year old
organization of over 850 Orthodox Jewish Rabbis in the United States
and Canada, serving approximately one half-million religious Jews, in
which Rabbi Levin challenges Romney's pro-gay record. "By all measuring
sticks, Gov. Romney is not at all socially conservative... not
Biblically conservative. I don't think his positions are in accord with
his Mormon faith."
Rabbi Levin appeals to evangelicals, Catholics and church leaders to
join Jewish leaders in spreading the word on Romney's "atrocious
homosexualist agenda." It also links to a more in-depth "Mitt Romney
Report" full of details that trouble GOP conservatives, and which may
move Democratic voters, including traditionalist African-Americans, to
cross over for Santorum in southern GOP primaries. Should Santorum face
Obama next fall as the GOP nominee, both will be coveting those voters.
Brian Camenker, one of the robo-call voices, president of Mass
Resistance and compiler of much of that Romney research, recently said,
"Mitt Romney would be the most liberal Republican ever nominated for
the Presidency. Romney is so far left, he spoke against the right of
the Boy Scouts to screen-out homosexuals. Mitt Romney proved during the
January 8 Meet the Press debate that he's still as far left on the gay
agenda as always. He proudly announced, 'a member of my cabinet was
gay. I appointed people to the bench regardless of their sexual
orientation.' Asked when he last stood up and spoke out for increasing
gay rights, Romney said 'Right now.'"
Dr. Gary Cass, president of DefendChristians.org and a member of Jews
& Christians Together.org said, "Santorum is the only viable
alternative to Romney. All Jews and Christians are aware that the
Bible, from the Jewish Books of Moses to the Christian Gospels to the
epistles of Saint Paul, commands God's faithful to love the sinner but
hate the sin, and indeed to recognize homosexuality as sin. Romney, on
the other hand, endorses homosexuality as a good choice for young
people."
Cass said that he supports Santorum, the former Pennsylvania Senator,
because last year Santorum signed The Marriage Vow, a political pledge
document from Iowa also embraced by Texas Gov. Rick Perry and U.S. Rep.
Michele Bachmann (R-MN). That eventually earned Santorum a narrow
victory in Iowa and the endorsement of conservative radio personality
Dr. James Dobson and other evangelicals. Santorum, said Cass,
"courageously put his name to some very bold, very Judeo-Christian, and
extremely politically-incorrect statements about marriage and
sexuality." Santorum's pro-marriage vow:
- Recognizes "the overwhelming statistical evidence that married people
enjoy better health, better sex, longer lives, greater financial
stability, and that children raised by a mother and a father together
experience better learning, less addiction, less legal trouble, and
less extramarital pregnancy;"
- Rejects "anti-scientific bias which holds, in complete absence
of
empirical proof, that non-heterosexual inclinations are
genetically
determined, irresistible and akin to innate traits like race, gender
and eye color;"
· Rejects "anti-scientific bias which holds, against all
empirical
evidence, that homosexual behavior in particular, and sexual
promiscuity in general, optimizes individual or public health;"
- Contains a pledge of "Personal fidelity to my spouse" and "Respect
for the marital bonds of others" which Gingrich, Cain, Romney and Ron
Paul declined to sign, but which Bachmann and Perry joined Santorum in
signing.
Cass, an ordained Presbyterian minister, said, "Rick Santorum signed
the Iowa vow last summer while Romney was calling for more gay hiring."
Another link at Jews & Christians Together.org connects to a voter
guide from Family Research Council that shows Romney in support of
ENDA, the proposed federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act "that adds
sexual orientation as a protected class." Camenker, the Jewish Romney
opponent from Massachusetts, said ENDA "would forbid the firing of
transvestite elementary school teachers, open bisexuals, and other bad
examples to America's young people."
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NOTE: For talk show bookings in connection with Jews and Christians
Together.org, contact booker Rod Mitchell (281-350 -5506), or
principals Brian Camenker (617-835-1369), Dr. Gary Cass
(954-551-9770),Amy Contrada (617-306-3701), John Haskins (508-480-0705)
or Steve Baldwin (703-966-9058). Bios available