[CitizenUSA]

icwhatudo: “One candidate is a capitalist who is against homosexual marriage but for homosexual adoption...”

Just wait. I bet it gets worse.

My take on Governor Romney’s comments? I think he’s very carefully parsing his words. Note that he’s for equal rights but carefully defines marriage to mean a man and woman. It sure sounds to me like he supports same-sex civil unions, with all the rights and benefits of marriage, that are literally marriage in all but name (sort of like Mitt Romney is a Democrat in all but party name). He just opposes calling that “marriage.”

I have always been a very loyal Republican vote until now. I fully expected Mitt’s campaign to be one disappointment after another, and in that sense, it’s the only way he has failed to disappoint.

[kevcol]

I agree with you. In fact:

No one expects him to do an about-face on marriage, but Cooper says Romney may well soften his tone or shift emphasis. There have been hints of that already. Romney restated Thursday that he thinks it's fine for gay couples to adopt children. On Wednesday, Romney called gay marriage a "tender" issue and chose his words carefully about civil unions.

"I don't favor civil unions if they're identical to marriage other than by name. My view is that domestic partnership benefits, hospital visitation rights and the like are appropriate," Romney said.

"Essentially he was trying to put forward language that left the door open," says Cooper, who says it's always the way politicians start evolving. (article)

[icwhatudo]

"It sure sounds to me like he supports same-sex civil unions, with all the rights and benefits of marriage, that are literally marriage in all but name (sort of like Mitt Romney is a Democrat in all but party name). He just opposes calling that “marriage.”"

"I do not favor marriage between people of the same gender, and I do not favor civil unions if they are identical to marriage other than by name"

-Romney