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Saturday, September 8, 2007

And Dad was all like, “Gay Marriage,” and Tagg was all like, “No way!”

posted by on September 8 at 10:43 AM

This detail from the NYT story on Mitt Romney’s gay-rights flip flop made my head explode…

Mr. Romney’s eldest son, Tagg, 37, says that back in the early 1990s, he told his father privately that he was thinking about becoming a Democrat.

His father sat him down to dissuade him, taking him through the differences between Republicans and Democrats. Tagg Romney says he does not remember his father’s talking about abortion, another issue that has troubled his candidacy, but he does remember being warned that Democrats would lead the country toward same-sex marriage.

“He thought it was very wrong to discriminate,” Tagg Romney said. “But where Democrats are going, they’ll eventually want to extend marriage to gays. I said, ‘No way.’”

Where to start?

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1

But DA-AD, I don't think I should be ALLOWED to get married! I mean, uh, them! They. Those guys. Oh, Dad, that's SO GROSS! Gosh!

Posted by fnarf | September 8, 2007 11:00 AM
2

Romney's got like what 20, 30 kids. At least a couple are bound to be gay.

Posted by Giffy | September 8, 2007 11:10 AM
3

this was before 9/11. if it happened after 9/11 he just coulda said "Terrorists kill us all! 9/11! Boo!"

Posted by bing | September 8, 2007 11:21 AM
4

Much ado about nothing. If he gets the nomination he'll start pandering back in a leftward direction.

Posted by raindrop | September 8, 2007 11:23 AM
5

"But Dad, according to our prophet, we can marry three or four women!"

"Yes, Son, that's true."

"So why can't a man marry another man?"

"Well, Son, because that's different."

"But why?"

"Because I said so! Now go outside and play with your brothers."

Posted by E. Steven | September 8, 2007 11:36 AM
6

No way!

Posted by Mr. Poe | September 8, 2007 11:48 AM
7

God. Current-day Republicans drive me crazy. Besides, everyone knows Democrats don't want to extend marriage benefits to gays. It's the activist judges. Silly Mormons.

Posted by Michigan Matt | September 8, 2007 11:52 AM
8

yeah, those grafs caught my eye, too. unbelievable.

keep in mind that tagg was IN HIS TWENTIES and getting an economics degree at BYU when his dad soberly sat him down to lecture him on the "difference between democrats and republicans," like he was a grade schooler. it makes tagg out to be such a pathetic man-child.

i wonder if it ever even happened. i highly doubt it.

Posted by jaykay | September 8, 2007 12:04 PM
9

Raindrop: you mean like Bush veered leftward after he was elected? Bush drifted dramatically RIGHT, dropping "compassionate conservatism" at midnight on Election Day.

Posted by Fnarf | September 8, 2007 12:14 PM
10

What kind of evil person names their son Tagg?

Posted by satan | September 8, 2007 1:54 PM
11

@10 - People who secretly hope their children will grow up to be gay porn stars.

Posted by Joey the Girl | September 8, 2007 2:54 PM
12

@11, your it...

Posted by Giffy | September 8, 2007 3:53 PM
13

You could almost replace the phrase "gay marriage" with "cooties".

Posted by Bont | September 8, 2007 4:48 PM
14

@9 who knows if Romney will find it expedient to Left or Right once he's in office, but to get elected he will probably need to go a little left, if just to lessen the momentum of dem leaning independents. his kill the gays, kill the iraqis isn't going to play quite as well to the general electorate as it will to republican delegates

Posted by vooodooo84 | September 8, 2007 5:27 PM
15

"But Dad, if we allow gay marriage, does that mean that any of those guys we mess around with could try to get us to marry them? You said it was just horseplay!...."

Posted by catalina vel-duray | September 9, 2007 7:41 AM
16

"Oh, Dad. There's like, no way Democrats think gay people are like, actual human beings with rights! That's just crazy!"

That being said ...

Tagg?

I think it's not just the name that bugs me but the spelling.

Posted by Jo | September 9, 2007 9:34 AM
17

"Little girl, can you tell us what it was like to be molested by your father?"

"Ew, gross! It was just like two guys kissing!"

Posted by cristoban | September 9, 2007 10:12 AM
18

Cristoban, nice David Cross ref. But some context would be good: he said it w.r.t. some asshat R's moral equation of homosexuality to pedophilia.

Posted by Big Sven | September 9, 2007 12:10 PM
19

@10

I know right? He's got a borther named Axe, a sister named Secret and an uncle named Old Spice?

Posted by Paco Raban | September 9, 2007 2:37 PM
20

And in the real world people are still being maimed and killed everyday in a war that the pro-life asshole George W.Bush started with the support of America\'s favorite cocksucker Dan Savage. Here is an excerpt from Dan\'s article \"Say Yes To War\" October 2002

In the meantime, invading and rebuilding Iraq will not only free the Iraqi people, it will also make the Saudis aware of the consequences they face if they continue to oppress their own people while exporting terrorism and terrorists. The War on Iraq will make it clear to our friends and enemies in the Middle East (and elsewhere) that we mean business: Free your people, reform your societies, liberalize, and democratize... or we\'re going to come over there, remove you from power, free your people, and reform your societies for ourselves.

Posted by .... | September 9, 2007 8:46 PM
21

So, as I get this...Tagg decided not to become a Democrat because his father, Mitt, a Republican who loves and accepts gays, warned him that Democrats love and accept gays, and would actually allow gays to marry one another if Democrats were in the position to do so, unlike Mitt, who would love and accept and treat gays(while loving and accepting them)like pieces of shit.

Tagg, who was tired of being called "Fagg" all of his school life was stunned by this revelation and replied "No way".

Posted by lawrence clark | September 9, 2007 8:56 PM
22

@10,11,19: My best bro Josh in high school was Mormon, he had a scrawny younger brother (a ginger redhead no less) named Uriah. Kid got called "Urine" from 4th-12th grade. Got so angry he joined the Marines and is stationed now in Anbar province shooting anything that moves. Good going with the bullshit Mormon names there Joseph Smith.

Posted by mookie | September 9, 2007 9:01 PM
23

@20: In the meantime, the same silly little troll gets the same silly little hardon whenever he posts something about silly little Dan Savage and his silly little position on this silly little war. He feels like he's making a difference by spamming this silly little slog that the same 50 people read every day.

Good work, silly little troll - much easier and more convenient than actually doing something to protest, especially if you store your little tirade on your clipboard.

Posted by ctrl+v is the modern protest! | September 9, 2007 10:31 PM
24

#22, Uriah is a Biblical name not a Book of Mormon name.

Posted by txmom77 | September 10, 2007 9:00 AM
25

Having grown up in the unfortunate state of Utah, I can personally attest to my yearbook being FULL of names that were clearly thought up by backwater, illiterate, inbred slack jawed retards that actually buy that Mormon shit.

If ever there was a religion that espoused the values of the "American Taliban", it's Mormonism. Not that that's related. I'm just saying, Utah sucks.

Posted by Me | September 10, 2007 12:26 PM

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