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i was sworn in by governor mitt romney in two thousand and five remember the irony
of being sworn in by governor
was asking us to defend a constitution
that protected my right to equality and my right to get married
mitt romney stood there before us administering the oath of office at the
same time he was actively campaigning to take our rights away
my name is carl scriortino i'm a state representative in massachusetts
and i'm here to talk about how Mitt Romney lied to the LGBT community here
massachusetts and how i think he's like the country right now
when Mitt romney was governor he went from pretending he would support our
basic rights under the law to actively campaigning against our rights he
stripped away funding for LGBT youth programs in fact he disbanded the
LGBT youth commission a commission that was set up by a republican
predecessor with the intention of making sure that our young people were not
bullied or harassed or committing suicide in our schools. He stripped away funding
for *** services. he stripped away funding for LGBT elders and domestic
violence programs and Mitt romney led the campaign to take away our right to get
married here in massachusetts. Mitt romney went after every facet of our community
that he could for no other reason than to pander to the right wing
Mitt romney seems to me to be a typical CEO putting out a product as governor
and once he realized that his market was different he was no longer seeking election
massachusetts but nationally he decided to change that product, to tweak it to be
nothing more than a hollow CEO in a suit, not defending our right to equality but
attacking it. I fear for what Mitt romney did in massachusetts playing out nationally.
Mitt gets worse. Mitt ran those campaigns to attack are right under massachusetts
law and mitt romney will attack our families nationally. your top priority
might not be LGBT equality in this country
but you should be concerned with how mitt romney lied to our residents here
massachusetts. Mitt romney went from saying he would do one thing to do just
the opposite
he pretended he was a moderate that would support nondiscrimination in state to
attacking our family to attacking our right to equality
that's not a man with integrity that's not a man who is being honest with the american
people
Mitt will go against our families Mitt will go against our young people who are being
bullied in schools
Mitt will go against our basic right to equality in the law
i really hope you see what mitt romney has done in massachusetts and realize
that he will do damage to this country