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Sorry, but it is true, Romney did implement what the legislature would not. Romney instituted same sex marriage in Massachusetts. The courts told the legislature to do it but they were too afraid touch it. Even though no one (neither the courts nor the legislature) told Romney he had to do so, he ordered the clerks of the court to issue marriage licenses.

Since he’s the one who did it, Romney’s the one who is responsible.

Now did he actually officiate at a gay wedding? That I don’t know anything about.

But did he choose two gays raising a child to be celebrated as parents of the year? Yes, he did.


147 posted on 09/05/2013 12:08:58 PM PDT by Waryone
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To: Waryone; x
Sorry, but it is true, Romney did implement what the legislature would not. Romney instituted same sex marriage in Massachusetts. The courts told the legislature to do it but they were too afraid touch it. Even though no one (neither the courts nor the legislature) told Romney he had to do so, he ordered the clerks of the court to issue marriage licenses.
That's exactly how it played out, and what was really sad and aggravating about that sorry episode in the history of Romney is that what he did was both illegal and unconstitutional as the Massachusetts constitution expressly states that all matters concerning marriage are to originate in the Legislature, and this issue did not.

And to further exacerbate the situation, Romney ignored a letter from 44 prominate regional and national conservatives that explicitly laid this out. Among the signatories to that letter was Hugh Hewitt (a Romney boot-licker if there ever was one).
151 posted on 09/05/2013 12:14:40 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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Now did he actually officiate at a gay wedding? That I don’t know anything about.

That's what I was getting at. So far as I can tell, he didn't.

But did he choose two gays raising a child to be celebrated as parents of the year? Yes, he did.

No, he didn't do that either. I guess he could have vetoed the Department of Social Services bureaucrat who chose them (if that's what actually happened and if he knew about it beforehand) but no, I'm pretty sure Romney didn't actually choose them himself.

165 posted on 09/05/2013 1:58:25 PM PDT by x
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