MA Governor Mitt Romney abolishes gay & lesbian youth commission

[homaffectional]

Discuss this development in great detail here

[msongs]

1. where is "here", before we go clicking unknown links nt

[homaffectional]

7. The URL...

is http://www.livejournal.com/community/gayboston

Also, keep in mind that my thread already got 2 recommendations for the 'Greatest Thread' category, less than an hour after it was posted. If I linked to some virus or spyware laden site, I doubt that would have happened...

[Benhurst]

2. Does this mean there will no longer be gay and lesbian youth

in Massachusetts?

:sarcasm:

[papau]

3. This is a gay & lesbian youth VICTORY - the new Commission doesn't

report to the guv, is not part of the budget under his control - reports only to the legislature.

Mitt threaten to abolish the Governors Office gay & lesbian youth commission, so the Dems forced the creation of a new commission to replace it which Mitt could not abolish.

Today was just Mitt carrying through on his threat - but now it is a meaningless removal of a duplicate commission for gay & lesbian youth - so Mitt gets no Presidential red state credit for being tough on the gay population - and that is a good :-)


http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/07/21/romney_abolishes_governors_commission_on_gay_and_lesbian_youth/

Romney abolishes governor's commission on gay and lesbian youth
July 21, 2006

BOSTON --Gov. Mitt Romney issued an executive order Friday abolishing the state's 14-year-old governor's commission on gay and lesbian youth after lawmakers overrode his veto of a bill creating a new commission out of the reach of the governor's office.

A spokesman for Romney said he issued the executive order because there was no need for two commissions both focused on the needs of gay and lesbian youth.

Romney angered many gay rights activists and lawmakers when he flirted with the idea earlier this year of abolishing the commission, the first of its kind in the nation, after a press release announcing a youth gay pride march was issued without the administration's blessing.

Instead of killing the commission Romney ordered it to refocus on its core mission of suicide prevention.

The bill approved by lawmakers over Romney's veto would create a new commission, none of whose members would be directly appointed by the governor.

One of the main goals of the commission would be to create "school-based and community-based programs focusing on suicide prevention, violence intervention, and the promotion of zero-tolerance policies regarding harassment and discrimination against gay and lesbian youth."

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[Ian David]

4. Damn, I hate Der Mittenfuhrer. n/t

[L A Woman]

5. How on God's green earth.....

did Mitt Romney win the governorship of Massachussetts, of all places? The home of Provincetown....Northamptom...Boston....the Kennedys....I just don't get it. :shrug:

[cboy4]

6. It's odd isn't it? Just like it's strange there are democratic governors

in red states like Oklahoma and Tennessee. Go figure. :shrug: