Yes. It's not an admirable position, nor would I agree with it, but it is a position one can hold. In fact, it was held by a large number of otherwise respectable people prior to the civil war.
So you concede Romney's position is basically tantamount to what racist southern whites held at one time...a less than "enlightened" perspective?
Do you also realize that were authorities to remove...
...speeding from being illegal...it wouldn't be very helpful to our culture at-large to think it's wrong...
...and the same could be said about theft, murder, etc.
Being philosophically opposed to something, minus any legal protection, is almost 0% effective -- at least in cultures like ours...