Republicans have a habit of referring to the legal union of one man and one woman as "traditional marriage." But history tells a different story. On Wednesday's show, MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell enlisted reality star "Honey Boo Boo" — yes, that child pageant queen — to help explain Romney-Ryan values in the Rewrite.
O'Donnell then listed all the ways marriage today has evolved over the centuries, from arranged relationships to polygamy. Not so long ago, Romney's great-grandfather, also a Mormon, had five wives at the same time.
Earlier in the week, Paul Ryan told a crowd in Ohio, "traditional marriage and family and entrepreneurship" are not "values that are indicative to any one person or creed or color. These are American values, these are universal human values."
O'Donnell immediately took issue with that premise. He explained, "first of all, entrepreneurship is not a value, it's an activity. Family is not a value. Family is a societal unit. Some families have values. Some don't."
O'Donnell then listed all the ways marriage today has evolved over the centuries, from arranged relationships to polygamy. Not so long ago, Romney's great-grandfather, also a Mormon, had five wives at the same time.
"Mitt Romney obviously believes he has to rewrite the history of marriage, including the history of marriage in his own family, to give moral weight to the Republican argument against marriage equality for everyone," said O'Donnell. "Mitt Romney believes lying is the way to achieve moral superiority for his argument against marriage equality."
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Larry you are THE BIGGEST HACK, you are the same piece of human dirt that only months ago was slamming Mitt Romney's religion for having leaders with more than one wife. You went on and on about how bad these people were, and now you use the exact opposite argument to attack the same group.
You are an empty shell, and anyone that thinks you are anything other than a hack are as stupid as you think they are or have the memory of a hamster.
Really! Is this the best you've got tonight, O'Donnell! How pathetic!!!
The ugliness of liberalism as expained by BapCrap Crazy O'Donnell. This guy needs to be fired, he's a moron.