Romney, Marriage and the 2002 Campaign
February 2, 2007 (SUBMITTED AT 8:50pm)
A lot has been made of Mitt Romney's comments in 1994 about how he was pro-choice, not pro-life. But clearly rival campaigns are going to also concentrate on Romney's views on marriage during his 2002 campaign for Governor. Watch for them to go after him and call him hypocritical on this issue too.
For example, today in Baltimore, speaking to the Republican Study Committee, Romney said this:
"The issue of gay marriage came up. In the 2002 campaign, I was asked for my view on the matter, and I gave it – I was then and remain today, opposed to gay marriages and civil unions.
But in March of 2002, the Boston Globe reported something different, even quoting his spokesman at the time. Yes, he did oppose gay marriage. That was his official position in 2002 but he wouldn't support a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage at the time. See below:
“Mitt Romney’s wife, son, and daughter-in-law signed a petition in support of a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban both gay marriage and domestic-partner benefits in Massachusetts – an amendment that Romney himself condemned as too extreme after being told of his family’s support for it. … ‘Mitt did not know they signed it, and Mitt does not support it,’ [Romney spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom] said.”
So, what are we to make of this? Romney's opponents will try to make a big deal about this. How will the Romney camp handle this? Watch 2008 Presidential contenders start to buiild a flip flop case against Romney.
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