Mitt Romney said Wednesday that he continued to believe “marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman” and that he believed President Obama had “changed his view” on the issue during a campaign stop in Oklahoma City.
“I have the same view on marriage that I had when I was governor and I’ve stated many times,” Romney said. “I believe marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman.”
Romney reiterated that he had not wavered on the issue when responding to a follow up question — saying he had “the same view I’ve had, since, well running for office” — prompting questions about whether he believed the president had changed positions on the issue.
Romney said that based on the media reports he had seen, it seemed like the president had “changed his view” on the topic, but hedged by saying he would leave the media to judge the president’s statement.
“I believe that based upon the interview that he gave today, he had changed his view, but you’re a better judge of that than I,” Romney said.
“This is a very tender and sensitive topic as are many social issues,” Romney said.
Romney also said that “states are able to make decisions in regard” to issues like hospital visits and shared insurance for homosexual partners. Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt quickly pounced on that statement, saying Romney “refused” to support federal hospital visitation rights for gays and lesbians.
Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to voice support for same-sex couples being allowed to marry during an interview Wednesday with ABC News.
“At a certain point I’ve just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married,” Obama said.
The president said his views had “evolved” after years of discussions with friends, family and staff on the issue.
“I have to tell you that over the course of several years as I have talked to friends and family and neighbors — when I think about members of my own staff who are in incredibly committed monogamous relationships, same-sex relationships, who are raising kids together,” he said.
(Source: The Hill)
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I don’t think obama changed his view. I think he finally had the guts (or arrogance) to say what he really felt about an issue.
At this point any yid voting for him is obviously on the take from the liberal democrat party.
Romney is either trying to throw out a political talking point or is naïve. Pres. Obama has always been in favor of same-sex marriage. His “opposition” — as well as his interim “evolving views” — are purely political.
Of course Romney knows what 0bama has really thought all along. But until now 0bama’s official position has been against it, and now that he’s switched his campaign is gearing up to paint Romney as some kind of extremist “h8r” for continuing to oppose it, so Romney has to keep pointing out that his position is exactly the same as the one 0bama and Biden both had until five minutes ago.
2. Surely you jest (and I did call you Surely!). Words mean things and when people use words we judge them by the words they use. Until last week, Obama was against it. Last week he was evolving – like some mishiguim think a monkey evolved into a man. Yesterday he is “pro” so what else are people supposed to say.
I say hes an opportunist.
I am all confused,
Does he have a view?
Do I have a view?
How do you define the word view?