Scott Brown and Mitt Romney, homophobic peas in a pod. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) Here's another thing Mitt Romney and Sen. Scott Brown have in common: an apparent problem with the gays. In 2006, in his capacity as governor, Romney attempted to disband the Governor's Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth, a commission set up in 1992 by then-Gov. William Weld, also a Republican. The state legislature, determined to preserve the commission, passed legislation to make the group independent of the governor's office. Romney vetoed that legislation. One state senator, only one, voted to uphold Romney's veto. That state senator was Scott Brown, something Brown apparently doesn't want to talk about now.
Brown's campaign did not return a request for comment about why he supported Romney's veto. [...]In the state legislature, Brown apparently didn't find bullying of gay kids a problem, and he apparently still doesn't. Remember this, when all of the Massachusetts congressional delegation got together to make a joint "It Gets Better" spot?Although Romney and Brown are running in two of the most high-profile races of the 2012 election cycle, they have largely kept their distance from one another. In 2010, Brown broke with his party and supported the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell.
'It's no wonder they're staying away from each other. ... Romney's message is, 'I really am a conservative.' Scott Brown's is, 'I am a Massachusetts Republican, I am more moderate,'" Chip Felkel, a Republican strategist based in South Carolina, told theBoston Herald. 'They're conflicting.'
Who's missing? Scott Brown, of course. He wasn't left out of they party because he's a Republican. He was invited to participate, but declined. Massachusetts voters shouldn't be fooled by Brown's DADT vote; he's no more a moderate than Romney.
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