OU Must Be Joking
January 31, 2007 at 10:52 am
The Politico’s Ryan Grim reports on Mitt Romney:
Now that he’s in full presidential campaign mode, Romney may be wishing he hadn’t vetoed a budget provision in 2003 that would have reimbursed nursing homes in Massachusetts that provided kosher meals to Jewish residents on Medicaid. The measure promised to pay an extra $5 a day per kosher diner. The state legislature overrode Romney’s veto.
Nathan Diament, director of public policy for the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations, said that his organization was disappointed about the veto. “Access to kosher food is a critical aspect of Jewish observance,” he said. “From our perspective, it’s a religious liberty issue.”
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