Mitt Romney

__PUNCT__ thank you for your warm welcom __PUNCT__

thank you for the work you do to strengthen famili and protect life __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ i think those who know me would sai that i am pro __PUNCT__ famili on everi level __PUNCT__ from person to polit __PUNCT__

i know thi __PUNCT__ the greatest bless in my life is ann and our five son and daughter __PUNCT__ in __PUNCT__ law and ten grandchildren __PUNCT__

my drive motiv is to have our kid and grandkid grow up in an america that is safe __PUNCT__ prosper and strong __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ to achiev that __PUNCT__ it not just what happen in the white_hous that matter __PUNCT__ it is also what happen in your hous __PUNCT__

america_futur will be determin not just by head of state but also by head of household __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ that be said __PUNCT__ there is a good_deal that our nation can do to assist and valid parent in their vital role __PUNCT__

as c. __PUNCT__ lewi said __PUNCT__ parenthood is the ultim career __PUNCT__ for which all other exist __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ that ring true __PUNCT__ doesn't it __PUNCT__ that mai be becaus of our judeo __PUNCT__ christian heritag __PUNCT__

we have been taught from our youth that marriag is ordain of god and that __PUNCT__ children ar a heritag of the lord __PUNCT__ happi is he who hath hi quiver full of them __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ but there is anoth reason __PUNCT__ a societ reason __PUNCT__ for the fundament role of famili __PUNCT__

famili is the build block of the nation __PUNCT__ it is the econom unit of our societi __PUNCT__

thi is not just rhetor __PUNCT__

it is realiti __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ a mother and father who love each other and ar devot to their children will have children that ar better educ __PUNCT__ better adjust __PUNCT__ healthier __PUNCT__ less like to be rais in poverti and less inclin to crime and drug __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ with two parent __PUNCT__ there ar more financi_resourc and more time to devot to the next gener __PUNCT__ and there is someon around to take over when on parent is at their wit end with the kid __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ famili also mean that there is a compassion caregiv when the inevit sick or infirm strike a famili_member __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ and when you consid the sourc of most of societi social_problem __PUNCT__ from teenag pregnanc to drug us to crime __PUNCT__ you will find that thei stem from the breakdown of the famili __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ for all these reason __PUNCT__ a societi is wealthier __PUNCT__ healthier and stronger when it ha strong_famili __PUNCT__

in america __PUNCT__ then __PUNCT__ the famili is a vital econom unit __PUNCT__ the foundat of our nation __PUNCT__

and it is the strength of thi nation famili that ultim determin america strength in the famili of nation __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ that is why i believ that the most import_work for the futur of america is the work that goe on within the four wall of the american home __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ of cours __PUNCT__ not all famili will have two love parent __PUNCT__

there ar mani great singl_parent __PUNCT__ like my sister jane __PUNCT__ who rais four wonder children on her own __PUNCT__

so not alwai __PUNCT__ but in the vast_number of an entir nation __PUNCT__ two parent ar the ideal set for rais a child __PUNCT__ and for form the econom unit of societi __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ i certainli don't need to tell the famili research council and focu on the famili that the american_famili is under stress __PUNCT__ and under attack __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ on of the biggest threat to the fabric of our societi is out __PUNCT__ of __PUNCT__ wedlock childbirth __PUNCT__

ann and i will us the bulli pulpit to teach america children that befor thei have babi __PUNCT__ thei should get marri __PUNCT__

it time to make out __PUNCT__ of __PUNCT__ wedlock_birth out __PUNCT__ of __PUNCT__ fashion again __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ in __NUM__ a research name daniel patrick moynihan wa troubl by an alarm statist __PUNCT__ approxim___NUM__ __PUNCT__ of african __PUNCT__ american_children were born out of wedlock __PUNCT__

how would thei escap poverti __PUNCT__ todai __PUNCT__ not __NUM__ __PUNCT__ but __NUM__ __PUNCT__ of african __PUNCT__ american children ar born out of wedlock __PUNCT__

bill cosbi relat that in some inner citi __PUNCT__ there ar whole block with scarc a marri_coupl __PUNCT__ whole block without respons male to watch out for wayward boi __PUNCT__ whole neighborhood in which littl boi and girl come of ag without see up close a commit relationship and perhap never have attend a wed __PUNCT__ thi simpli break my heart __PUNCT__

and then there ar the broad nation implic of thi tragedi __PUNCT__

a nation built on the principl of the found_father cannot thrive when so mani children ar be rais without father in the home __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ ann taught a class of at __PUNCT__ risk girl at mother carolin academi in boston __PUNCT__

on dai she ask her __NUM__ grader how mani of them want to go to colleg __PUNCT__

almost everi hand went up __PUNCT__

then she ask how mani were plan on have a babi befor thei graduat from high_school __PUNCT__ almost everi hand went up again __PUNCT__

and then she told them the truth __PUNCT__ you just won't be abl to do both __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ everi first ladi champion a caus __PUNCT__

for nanci_reagan __PUNCT__ it wa to just sai no to drug __PUNCT__

for barbara and laura_bush __PUNCT__ it ha been read __PUNCT__

ann ha work to help children make_good choic like marriag and high_school befor have babi __PUNCT__

if she is first ladi __PUNCT__ thi will be her mission __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ and if i am elect_presid __PUNCT__ i will conven a white_hous summit to look at wai we can strengthen the famili __PUNCT__ particularli in the inner citi __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ in addit to us the bulli pulpit __PUNCT__ there ar specif_polici initi that i like to bring forward __PUNCT__ as well as some goal we can set to accomplish togeth __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ i will re __PUNCT__ align govern incent to encourag marriag __PUNCT__ not penal it __PUNCT__

as we all know __PUNCT__ few thing had as devast an impact on poor_famili as the __NUM__ __PUNCT__ s welfar_system __PUNCT__

to some degre __PUNCT__ that ha been reform __PUNCT__ but there is more work to do __PUNCT__

for exampl __PUNCT__ a singl_mother with child_care who marri the father of her child can lose as much as __MONEY__ a year in govern benefit __PUNCT__

their combin incom can disqualifi them for medicaid __PUNCT__ hous voucher __PUNCT__ food_stamp and welfar __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ it is time that we made father respons for their child health and care __PUNCT__ whether or not thei have marri the mother __PUNCT__

and further __PUNCT__ the tax penalti we attach to marri_coupl is simpli offens __PUNCT__

the word __PUNCT__ i do __PUNCT__ in marriag should not result in the govern sai __PUNCT__ you don't __PUNCT__ when it come to the econom_secur of a famili __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ some year_ago __PUNCT__ dr __PUNCT__ dobson met with presid_reagan to determin how thei could keep govern from do thing that hurt famili and that weaken the famili structur in america __PUNCT__

thi meet led the presid to issu an execut_order which establish the requir that new govern_polici and program be subject to a famili impact statement __PUNCT__

and then year later __PUNCT__ without fanfar or reason __PUNCT__ bill_clinton simpli snuf it out __PUNCT__

if i becom presid __PUNCT__ i will re __PUNCT__ instat the famili impact statement __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ in addit __PUNCT__ i will initi an audit of all current program and polici which neg_impact famili __PUNCT__

and i will look to support the right of parent who ar not alwai consult about decis affect their children __PUNCT__

there is someth wrong when a school can tell a parent that thei have no right to remov their second grader from a class where thei ar teach about same __PUNCT__ sex_marriag __PUNCT__

the work of be a parent is hard enough without the govern_make it harder __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ i will work with the peopl in thi room __PUNCT__ as i have for the past four year __PUNCT__ to champion a feder marriag amend to protect marriag as the union of a man and a woman __PUNCT__

within month of take offic as governor __PUNCT__ the massachusett suprem judici court got the gai_marriag ball roll __PUNCT__

thei said it wa in our state_constitut __PUNCT__

john_adam __PUNCT__ who wrote it __PUNCT__ would be surpris __PUNCT__

it wa not in our constitut __PUNCT__ but it wa in the head of a on vote major on the bench to birth new law without the benefit of democraci __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ the court error i believ wa that it focus on adult right __PUNCT__ if heterosexu coupl can marri __PUNCT__ it reason __PUNCT__ then to have equal right __PUNCT__ homosexu coupl should also be abl to marri __PUNCT__

but thei forgot that on of the primari purpos of marriag is the develop and nurtur of children __PUNCT__

everi child deserv a mother and a father __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ the court_opinion is as astonish as it rule __PUNCT__

it said that tradit_marriag between a man and a woman __PUNCT__ work a deep and scar hardship __PUNCT__ for no ration reason __PUNCT__ no ration reason __PUNCT__ how about the strength and preserv of our civil __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ and thi is no longer just a massachusett issu __PUNCT__

as recent as a few month_ago __PUNCT__ a judg in iowa said that gai_coupl have the right to marri becaus current marriag law __PUNCT__ oper onli to harm same_sex sex_coupl and their children __PUNCT__ astonish __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ after the rule in massachusett __PUNCT__ i testifi in washington in favor of a feder marriag amend __PUNCT__

i wrote everi republican u. __PUNCT__ senat to support it __PUNCT__

but even some of our own vote against it __PUNCT__

make no mistak __PUNCT__ a feder amend is the onli wai we can protect marriag from liber __PUNCT__ unelect judg __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ i will be a pro __PUNCT__ life presid __PUNCT__

i will appoint and fight for justic who follow the law and the constitut __PUNCT__ who understand judici_restraint and who won't legisl from the bench __PUNCT__

but be a pro __PUNCT__ life presid also mean promot polici that reflect our respect for the sanctiti of life __PUNCT__

i will oppos taxpay_fund of abort __PUNCT__ oppos partial birth_abort __PUNCT__ oppos abort in militari clinic __PUNCT__ oppos fund abort in intern aid program __PUNCT__ and i will work to ban embryon clone __PUNCT__

i will work to increas adopt by make the adopt tax_credit perman and rais_awar about embryon adopt __PUNCT__ or snowflak babi __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ and you don't have to take my word for it __PUNCT__ you can look at my record as governor __PUNCT__

on everi piec of legisl __PUNCT__ i came down on the side of life __PUNCT__

i wa honor to receiv the polit_leadership award from massachusett citizen for life in recognit of the action i took as governor to protect life __PUNCT__

i am grate for the work all of you have done for year on thi issu __PUNCT__

like ronald_reagan and henri hyde __PUNCT__ i am a convert to thi caus __PUNCT__

i have join the fight to win the heart and mind of other __PUNCT__ and to work to creat a cultur of life __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ i will fight the modern plagu of internet pornographi __PUNCT__ especi as it effect our youth __PUNCT__

follow the columbin shoot __PUNCT__ peggi noonan said that our children ar swim in an ocean of filth __PUNCT__ pornographi __PUNCT__ pervers __PUNCT__ violenc and sex __PUNCT__

it time we not onli clean up that water our kid ar swim in __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ comput pornographi ha given new mean to the word __PUNCT__ home_invas __PUNCT__ if i am presid __PUNCT__ i will work to make sure that everi comput sold into the home ha an easi to engag pornographi filter so that everi parent can protect their child from unwant filth __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ and these predat who us the internet to lure in children __PUNCT__ in my book __PUNCT__ it on strike and you our __PUNCT__

long prison_sentenc follow by ankl bracelet for the rest of their live __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ i will take the campaign against drug to a new level __PUNCT__

we can do a better job educ our kid on the peril of drug us __PUNCT__

parent mai be the best anti __PUNCT__ drug there is __PUNCT__

a studi report last month that young_children who come from home where famili had dinner togeth five time a week or more were 1/6th as like to have us drug __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ dr __PUNCT__ dobson famous wrote that __PUNCT__ parent isn't for coward __PUNCT__ i know how hard it is to rais kid in todai_world __PUNCT__

i want to help famili by make sure that everi famili ha health_care __PUNCT__

my plan get everi citizen insur __PUNCT__ without new tax and without hillarycar and social_medicin __PUNCT__

we put a plan to work in massachusett and alreadi __PUNCT__ the rank of the uninsur have been cut in half __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ i will work for better school and better educ for our children __PUNCT__

i want school_choic __PUNCT__ everi child should have an equal_opportun to have a good educ __PUNCT__

i fought and won the fight to add charter_school in massachusett __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ and by the wai __PUNCT__ let do someth to help parent who ar home_school with a feder_tax tax_credit to help defrai the cost of their home_school expens __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ i want to help parent save for their children colleg_educ __PUNCT__

my tax_plan sai that for everi famili_earn earn___MONEY__ a year or less __PUNCT__ the new tax_rate on their interest __PUNCT__ dividend and capit_gain will be absolut zero __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ i will defend_america religi_heritag __PUNCT__

i am convinc that a famili with faith __PUNCT__ a famili with a pastor or other adult who care about everi child __PUNCT__ ha a distinct advantag in guid children to success adulthood __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ i will make sure my attornei_gener defend the free_exercis of religion __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ the effort to establish an anti __PUNCT__ religion in america __PUNCT__ the anti __PUNCT__ religion of secular __PUNCT__ ha got to come to an end __PUNCT__

we ar a nation under god __PUNCT__ and we do place our trust in him __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ by the wai __PUNCT__ a few of you mai have heard that i a mormon __PUNCT__

i understand that some peopl think thei couldn't support someon of my faith __PUNCT__

that mai be becaus thei listen to harri_reid __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ actual __PUNCT__ i pleas that so mani peopl of so mani faith have come to endors my candidaci and my messag __PUNCT__

my campaign is about chang washington to strengthen america __PUNCT__ i want to build a stronger militari __PUNCT__ a stronger economi __PUNCT__ and stronger famili __PUNCT__

i call these the three leg of the republican stool __PUNCT__

these three unit the coalit of conserv that ronald_reagan champion __PUNCT__ defens conserv __PUNCT__ econom conserv __PUNCT__ and social_conserv __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ we won't win the white_hous with onli two out of three or on out of three __PUNCT__

republican win the white hous by motiv all three part of our coalit to carri us to victori __PUNCT__

we not go to beat hillari_clinton by act like hillari clinton __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ my whole famili ha been work on my campaign __PUNCT__

and we love it __PUNCT__

but we take thi quit serious as well __PUNCT__

we know that if we win your vote for the presid __PUNCT__ we will be expect to live by a higher_standard __PUNCT__

everyth we do will be under a microscop __PUNCT__ whether we like it or not __PUNCT__

the first famili repres america to the world __PUNCT__ and just as import __PUNCT__ it repres america to your children and grandchildren __PUNCT__

we will live up to a higher standard __PUNCT__

our famili is far from perfect __PUNCT__ but we alwai try to make you proud __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ thi __PUNCT__ after all __PUNCT__ is why i am run __PUNCT__ to strengthen our nation so that our children and your will have a safe and free and prosper futur __PUNCT__

and to strengthen our nation __PUNCT__ we must begin by strengthen the famili __PUNCT__

it is the place where america_futur is born __PUNCT__ and where it is shape __PUNCT__

i need your help in thi caus __PUNCT__

you know the import of the famili __PUNCT__

you know what we must do __PUNCT__

i can't wait for us to do it togeth __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ thank you __PUNCT__ and god_bless you __PUNCT__