High-res Romney Keeps Quoting Progressive Feminist Lesbian Poet; Unaware of Her Point Mitt Romney regularly incorporates lyrics from “America the Beautiful” into his stump speeches. Perhaps he does not realize that the hymn was written by a progressive feminist lesbian as a critique of the country’s greed, excess, and growing economic inequality. The original third-verse lyrics Katharine Lee Bates wrote in 1894 were: America! America!God shed his grace on theeTill selfish gain no longer stainThe banner of the free! Read more, from David Firestone with the New York Times. 

Romney Keeps Quoting Progressive Feminist Lesbian Poet; Unaware of Her Point

Mitt Romney regularly incorporates lyrics from “America the Beautiful” into his stump speeches. Perhaps he does not realize that the hymn was written by a progressive feminist lesbian as a critique of the country’s greed, excess, and growing economic inequality. The original third-verse lyrics Katharine Lee Bates wrote in 1894 were:

America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till selfish gain no longer stain
The banner of the free!

Read more, from David Firestone with the New York Times. 

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