I don't know about the quotes here so I won't dispute them however I do live in Massholechusetts and I can give my impression of Romney when he was Governor.The guy wasn't a liberal,however he was a politician in a VERY liberal state and played the game accordingly.He kept state taxes down in spite of a Democrap legislature that had other ideas,and he tried with little success,until a woman got killed that is, to get control of the "BIG DIG" project that the Dukakis\Kennedy cabal initially setup to keep any government oversight out of.Romney did come out in support OF "gay" unions,something I disagreed with, though he was against same sex marriage.I don't believe he supported abortion though like many politicians from BOTH parties he did say he would honor the law that upheld Roe vs Wade !!!
I think he is against Civil Unions, but at one time a Constiutional Amendment was being thrown around that banned Gay Marraige and established Civil Unions because it was believed that it would get more support in the legislature. So Romney backed the Amendment. That amendment ended up failing, and he then proposed the current amendment that is up for a vote that bans Gay Marriage only.