Mormon Mitt Romney Stands Against Gay Marriage

Just after the May 8, 2012, primaries, President Obama had his hands full since Vice-President Joe Biden and others in the administration had come out in favor of gay marriage.  Mr. Obama, supposedly an Evangelical Christian, had begun his original 2008 coming out against gay marriage, but then over time claimed that his opinion was evolving.  Caught in a difficult position by the gay...

Mormon Candidate Mitt Romney Takes May 8th Primari...

Mormon candidate for U.S. president, Mitt Romney, swept three more Republican primaries on May 8, 2012, after Santorum and Gingrich bowed out of the race and threw their support behind him.  Romney added 107 delegates after winning in Indiana, West Virginia and North Carolina. [1] Romney now has 963 of the 1,144 delegates needed to secure the Republican presidential nomination before the...

Gay Foreign Policy Spokesman Resigns from Romney C...

Mitt Romney chose an openly gay man, Richard Grenell, as his foreign policy spokesman and was disappointed when he resigned for personal reasons just a short time after his appointment.  Grenell made the following statement: “While I welcomed the challenge to confront President Obama’s foreign policy failures and weak leadership on the world stage, my ability to speak clearly and...

Romney is the 2012 Republican Presidential Candida...

With his five-state sweep in the April 24, 2012, primaries in the northeastern U.S., Mitt Romney, in spite of his Mormon religion, became the last man standing in the Republican race.  Shortly afterward Newt Gingrich bowed out.  Santorum had “suspended” his campaign before the primaries.  Ron Paul remains in the race, still not capitulating, though he holds only a handful of...

Romney Makes Clean Sweep in Northeast Primaries, S...

Five Republican primaries were held in the northeastern states on April 24, 2012, and candidate Mitt Romney made a clean sweep of all of them.  Although he still needs to total the 1,144 delegates to be formally made the Republican nominee, it is just a formality at this point.  [1] Romney swept the Connecticut, Delaware, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island primaries.  Newt Gingrich...