“Well that should be the final nail in his coffin this November...”
I don’t think so. He’s running against a guy who forced gay marriage on Massachusetts by executive action. If Romney comes out and denounces Obama for supporting same-sex marriage, a trap can be sprung by going over the timeline and circumstances of what Romney did.
Massachusetts law, the stuff actually codified in the books, did not change and still remain the same as they were before Romney forced Town Clerks and Justices of the Peace to start issuing same sex licenses.
Well, Romney did change one law, there is no longer a requirement for a clean bill of STD health to get a license in MA.
Nah. That argument is moot. One is campaigning on opposing it; the other is for it. Obama will be the gay choice.
Where homosexual marriage is the wedge issue, those for will vote for Obama, those opposed will vote for Romney.
“Marriage is an evolving paradigm.” —Margaret Marshall, Chief Justice, MA Supreme Court
Here's what Romney really did.
At the beginning of his governorship, Romney opposed same-sex marriage and civil unions, but advocated tolerance and supported some domestic partnership benefits.[144][152][153] Faced with the dilemma of choosing between same-sex marriage or civil unions after the November 2003 Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decision legalizing same-sex marriages (Goodridge v. Department of Public Health), Romney reluctantly backed a state constitutional amendment in February 2004 that would have banned same-sex marriage but still allow civil unions, viewing it as the only feasible way to ban same-sex marriage in Massachusetts.[154] In May 2004, Romney instructed town clerks to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, but citing a 1913 law that barred out-of-state residents from getting married in Massachusetts if their union would be illegal in their home state, no marriage licenses were to be issued to out-of-state same-sex couples not planning to move to Massachusetts.[152][155] In June 2005, Romney abandoned his support for the compromise amendment, stating that the amendment confused voters who oppose both same-sex marriage and civil unions.[152] Instead, Romney endorsed a petition effort led by the Coalition for Marriage & Family that would have banned same-sex marriage and made no provisions for civil unions.[152] In 2004 and 2006, he urged the U.S. Senate to vote in favor of the Federal Marriage Amendment.[156][157]
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitt_Romney
How so?
“He’s running against a guy who forced gay marriage on Massachusetts by executive action.”
I am not sure what “executive action” you are referring to.
The Supreme Court of Massachusetts are the entity that established gay marriage in Massachusetts.
It's my understand that Romney has rejected gay marriage his entire career, therefore can you furnish some more input relating to your comment or a link to information?