AlaskaErik wrote: “This staunch supporter of the Second Amendment will never vote for a gun grabber like Giuliani. Or Romney, for that matter.”
I thought Tony Perkins made an interesting point in the video. He said regardless of how Governor Romney may have come to his current policy positions, he’s intentionally painted himself into a corner where he’d lose his political viability if he didn’t actually pursue those policies.
http://mittromney.com/News/Press-Releases/Second_Amendment_Supreme_Court
I’m getting the impression that Tony may see Governor Romney as a possible compromise candidate between social conservatives who support a Marriage Protection Amendment and fiscal conservatives who aren’t inclined to support Governor Huckabee. I’m not sure whether rank-and-file evangelicals would buy into a strategy like that, but it’s definitely thought-provoking.
“Last year the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court struck a blow against the family, as I’m sure you know. The court forgot that marriage is first and foremost about nurturing and developing children. Its ruling meant that our society is supposed to be indifferent about whether children have a mother and a father.”
- Governor Romney, Boston Globe, March 2, 2005
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September 14, 2007
MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough: “Do you support a national constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage?”
Governor Romney: “Boy I sure do. You know that’s a topic that’s really, I think very important to the country, because marriage is not just about adults. Marriage is about the development and nurturing of kids, and in my view the development of a child is enhanced by having a mom and dad. And so, I think it’s very important that we have a national standard because marriage is a status. You get married in one place and then you move to another, you’re still married at least in the eyes of the community and the children, and the benefits may not follow you, but ultimately we’re going to have one standard of marriage in this country, and that standard ought to be one man and one woman.”