Romney, speaking with Chris Matthews on Hardball:
"In our case, we have to pass a constitutional amendment. And my legislature is in, some respects, liberal. It has a conservative wing as well. But the liberal wing is fighting very hard for same-sex marriage or its legal equivalent, civil union. And so, as this has gone before the legislature in the past, they've said that the people ought to decide. I agree with them. Let's let the people decide.
So, we will have a constitutional convention this year. Hopefully, the decision of our legislature will be to let the people decide. And, specifically, I hope that people will be able to decide that neither civil union, nor same-sex marriage is legal in Massachusetts".
Mittens is overly gifted with the gift of understatement.
 The Massachusetts State House |
After Romney's success in turning around the Salt Lake City Olympics, talk arose that he might seek to be governor. The question was, of which state? Utah or Massachusetts? Clearly, he made a bad career move in picking the latter.