At the end of the 180 day stay, he was obligated as the executive of the state to implement the law as it was interpreted. The state had already tried to deny same-sex couples, and the court had ruled they could not.
Making people go back to court to enforce the court order they already won is never a good move. In this case, the legislature and the courts were together on same-sex marriage.
This statement is ignorant nonsense. Romney was obligated as the Governor of Massachusetts to announce that the SJC had made a ridiculous ruling and that the state government would give it no effect. He was obligated to execute the law, not follow the absurd dictates of three fools who happen to be judges. If he had the slightest talent for leadership that is what he would have done. He didn’t because he doesn’t.
Either Romney doesn’t understand the proper roles of the judiciary and the executive in a properly functioning constitutional order or he approved of the SJC decision mandating gay marriage. Either way he has no business running for national office as a Republican.