Mitt Romney Apologizes For High School Pranks, Denies Bullying Gay Students
by Free Britney at .Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney apologized for alleged pranks he pulled in high school, but denied they constituted bullying of gay students.
A Washington Post piece insinuated that pranks the likely GOP nominee pulled during his years at a Michigan all-boys high school targeted his gay peers.
Romney admitted during a radio interview that he did some “dumb things” but that “homosexuality was the furthest thing from his mind” in school.
He laughed off most the 45 year-old anecdotes during the radio interview.
“I’m not going to be too concerned," he said. "I played a lot of pranks in high school and they describe some that, well, you just say to yourself ... in high school I did some dumb things and if anybody was hurt by that, or offended, obviously I apologize."
"But, overall, high school years were a long time ago,” said Romney.
Asked if he remembered cutting the hair of one of his classmates at the Cranbook School in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., who was “presumed” to be gay because the candidate did not like his long hairstyle, Romney responded, “You know, I don’t.”
“I don’t remember that incident,” Romney said, noting, “homosexuality was the furthest thing from my mind back in the 1960s, so that was not the case.”
“As for pranks, I don’t remember them all, but again, you know, [in my] high school days I did of stupid things. I’m afraid I gotta say sorry for it."
Romney asserted several times that the Post article noted that the students who reported having pranks played on them “didn’t come out of the closet until years later,” suggesting that the pranks couldn't be motivated by homophobia.
Despite his opposition to gay marriage, a more moderate Romney made overtures to the gay community as a candidate for office in the past.
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Comments (26 Total)
Put. A hood on Romney and he will be right at home. There is only one way with Romney and it is the Romney way. What ever religion he espouses to he is a wasp deep down. There is no magic bullet to get us out of forty years of fiscal and financial or wall street abuse and they all know it. It will take American will power and sacrifice and I don't think today's American people has it within them to do it.
@Melissa If you want to be taken seriously...learn how to spell the word..."hatred" for starters!
My experience has been that we don't change much deep down from childhood and my belief mitt has always Been homophobic and always will be and hides behind the man written bible of all things as his excuse and Who wrote the definition of marriage, man did and that it has been around for ages doesn't make it right. But logically we can use the institution of marriage of gay people as a great source of although not perfect, source of couples that can adopt otherwise unwanted children and give them a safe loving and nurturing environment to grow up in that does not cost the taxpayers billions in foster and orphanage dollars. Look at the Statistics most of these children grow up heterosexual. Look at the statistics showing how foster care and orphanage children turn out and you end up paying for their criminal defense and prison terms.
I don't believe this because Romney is older than me and I don't even remember anyone using the word gay or anyone who was gay, I don't ever recall knowing what that was.....
Karma. That's it.