Agreed. Virgil is practicing, IMHO, some extreme hyperbole here.
To my knowledge, throughout this campaign Romney has stated again and again (including at the debates) that he supports a Constitutional Amendment to define marriage as he spoke of it at Liberty U.
I do not see him giving any opposing message regarding that message.
Others in the GOP perhaps have, but on this issue I have yet to see it from Romney to date. I wish these folks could point me to an opposing statement by him as regards the Marriage Amendment. All I have heard is his support of that amendment, which is exaclty in line with what he stated at the speech.
He reaffirmed this last week in a statement to Denver station KDVR-TV,
“Well, when these issues were raised in my state of Massachusetts, I indicated my view, which is I do not favor marriage between people of the same gender, and I do not favor civil unions if they are identical to marriage other than by name.”
He went on to reaffirm his supports of a federal constitutional amendment defining marriage as between one man and one woman according to the National Organization for Marriage pledge he signed.
He also pledged to defend the Defense of Marriage Act in court, in contrast to the Obama administration, which does not defend DOMA as it thinks the 1996 law banning is unconstitutional.
We should all also note, as regards his record in Mass., when the Mass Supreme Court ruled that gays had the right to marry in 2003, initially Romney said that although he would follow the ruling as Governor, he would seek a constitutional amendment to overturn it.
Ultimately, that was unsuccessful, and he had to resort (and did) to a variety of tactics to try to block the ruling, but he was unsuccessful there as well in blocking it through the remainder of his term in office. This was because the overwhelming majority of legislators and Judges in Mass, for a long period of time (pre-dating Romney), have been Democrats and very left leaning.
The people in Mass, and the legislators in Mass may have fathered this thing, but not Romney. In fact the record shows he was against it and fought it as Governor.
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Its a terrible thing to watch folks you once respected trying to justify and rationalize something that just cant be. These folks would rather attempt to manipulate reality into something comfortable for them than deal with the brutal facts.
“Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the number of those who, having eyes, see not, and, having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it. “ — you know who...
You and your compatriots are deluding yourselves if you think a socialist will be your savoir. Heh.. the fact that you dont even recognize him for his actions with romneycare and liberal judge appointments is troubling. What even more troubling is that you are able to willingly deceive yourself into completly forgiving the fruits of his labor because of what he is saying now to get elected.