Eyes on the Prize 2008: Romney and Gay Marriage
More out of Boston today.
The Daily Show did a brilliant sketch where they had President Bush debating Governor Bush. A version could be made with Mitt Romney.
On Gay Marriage
1994 Romney: "People of integrity don't force their beliefs on others; they make sure that others can live by different beliefs they may have,"
On a Senate amendment to ban funding to public schools who tolerated homosexuality as a lifestyle option
1994 Romney: I don't think the federal government has any business dictating to local school boards what their curriculum or practices should be,"
On Clinton’s Don’t Ask Don’t Tell
1994 Romney ”[Don’t Ask Don’t Tell is] the first in a number of steps that will ultimately lead to gays and lesbians being able to serve openly and honestly in our nation's military."
2004 Romney:'Do you support gay marriage or civil unions?' I'd say neither. If they said you have to have one or the other, that Massachusetts is going to have one or the other, then I'd rather have civil unions than gay marriage. But I'd rather have neither.”
And
“It would have been wrong for the Supreme Judicial Court to impose its mistaken view of marriage on the rest of the country. The continuing threat of the judicial redefinition of marriage, here and in several other states, is why I believe that the best and most reliable way to preserve the institution of marriage is to pass an amendment to the U.S. Constitution”
I guess that rules him out as a person with integrity.
The Daily Show did a brilliant sketch where they had President Bush debating Governor Bush. A version could be made with Mitt Romney.
On Gay Marriage
1994 Romney: "People of integrity don't force their beliefs on others; they make sure that others can live by different beliefs they may have,"
On a Senate amendment to ban funding to public schools who tolerated homosexuality as a lifestyle option
1994 Romney: I don't think the federal government has any business dictating to local school boards what their curriculum or practices should be,"
On Clinton’s Don’t Ask Don’t Tell
1994 Romney ”[Don’t Ask Don’t Tell is] the first in a number of steps that will ultimately lead to gays and lesbians being able to serve openly and honestly in our nation's military."
2004 Romney:'Do you support gay marriage or civil unions?' I'd say neither. If they said you have to have one or the other, that Massachusetts is going to have one or the other, then I'd rather have civil unions than gay marriage. But I'd rather have neither.”
And
“It would have been wrong for the Supreme Judicial Court to impose its mistaken view of marriage on the rest of the country. The continuing threat of the judicial redefinition of marriage, here and in several other states, is why I believe that the best and most reliable way to preserve the institution of marriage is to pass an amendment to the U.S. Constitution”
I guess that rules him out as a person with integrity.
