And how is this this “gotcha” question supposed to be answered? I guess he could have said “I don’t agree with it and if I were president and some state put it on the ballot and the people voted for it I would get on national TV and denounce the will of the people”. “I would then issue an executive decree saying that marriage is between a man and woman”. All hail King Newton.
The way Newt answered the question is right. He said he disagreed with it personally, but would accept the will of the people. Let me point out that in all 40 states where it has been voted on it has been defeated by the people. If the people ever pass it will be from a New England liberal state or California, Oregon or Washington. The later two states being overan in the last two decades by anti-God liberals from California. No Southern state (where people still actually go to church) will ever have this passed by the people.
Washington state is going to be the first to vote it in by popular vote.
We have a kind of 'triple-whammy' against us (the conservative, traditional marriage people). First, there are two issues trying to get on the ballot. One is a referendum to overturn the just-passed law. The other is an initiative defining marriage as being between a man and a woman. BOTH have to get signatures to get on the ballot and BOTH will be under fire from a gay-rights group that has the right (given by SCOTUS) to expose who signs the petitions. This could -and likely will- lead to voter intimidation issues. There's going to be a LOT of fear and confusion with these ballot issues, which may preclude either of them getting on the ballot.
Second, there is the vote itself. The eastern and south-western parts of Washington are pretty much guaranteed to vote against gay marriage. However, the northwestern part of the state...which contains most of the population....is full of rabid liberals. They WILL vote for gay marriage and it WILL pass, barring a divine miracle.
Third, there is the afore-mentioned 9th Circuit. They've proven time and again that the will of the people doesn't matter.