Mitt Romney: "National Standard" Against Gay Marriage Needed

[JRob]

Romney: 1 man 1 woman
By JOHN DISTASO
Senior Political Reporter

MANCHESTER – Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney says his successor's decision to recognize the Bay State marriages of out-of-state gay couples reinforces a need for a federal constitutional amendment establishing marriage as being between a man and a woman.

"As the governor of Massachusetts having seen the advent of same-sex marriage in my state, and recognizing that with the new governor, people are going to be coming to Massachusetts, getting married in Massachusetts and then going home to their home states, it strikes me that you have to have a national standard," the Republican Presidential candidate said yesterday.

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[BOSSHOG]

1. We need a national standard against stupidity and hate

romney must really need to get the hateful religious zealot vote to talk trash like that. And to think the breeders at free republic are free to reproduce.

[JRob]

3. this guy scares the hell out of me n/t

[Learn2Swim]

6. what BossHog said.

GOP candidates = shit

The whole lot of em.

[DCKit]

2. There they go again, appealing to the least common denominator n/t

[saltpoint]

4. Let's say, for the sake of argument, that Romney doesn't have a penis.

Let's just start with that premise.

It is of course unfounded, baseless, petty, juvenile, hateful, unthoughtful in the extreme, and designed to isolate, insult, embarrass, and disenfranchise.

Exactly his strategy for opposing equal legal privileges, including marriage and its benefits, to lesbians and gay men.

Mitt Romney is a very dangerous kind of adult. IMO he would make a monstrous president.

[yellowcanine]

8. Well he has no balls either but he is still nuts.

[saltpoint]

10. LOL! You know, he really is off his rocker. I think long before the

Democrats chew him to bits on his flip-flops, his Rethug opponents will do it for us.

Which is fine with me.

[RaleighNCDUer]

5. So he signs the bill allowing it in Massachusetts, but now seeks to

overturn what he signed by having a "national standard".

What, he saw the devastating effect it had on Massachusetss and decided he made a mistake? But, there have been no devastating effects, and repukes don't make mistakes.

I'm real confused.

Unless...could it be...he is simply pandering for the most votes in whatever arena he is running in, and has no core principles at all?

[yellowcanine]

7. Ok fuckwit. Lead a drive to amend the Constitution then, because until you do, individual

states have the right to recognize same gender unions if they want. Congress cannot take that power away from them.

Tenth Amendment:

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved for the States respectively, or to the people.

State's rights cuts both ways. Bring it on, dickhead.

[northzax]

9. guess Mitt needs to talk to his lawyers again

seems that we have a national standard, it's called the Defense of Marriage Act, any state can define marriage however they wish, and are not obigated to recognize marriages from other states.

of course, this is blatantly unconstitutional, but it has never been challenged in court.

[Freddie Stubbs]

11. Why has no one challenged it in court?

The law has been on the books for over a decade now. Is everyone who is effected by this law so satisfied with its effect and constitutionality that they have not challenged it in court?

[northzax]

13. because it has never applied

until now, the only state that really performed gay marriage was Massachusetts. And said state would not sanction gay marriage for non-residents of the state. Therefore, no one ever had to challenge DOMA, because no one was actually a victim of it. Now that Mass. will apparently sanction and perform marriages from non-residents, it becomes a potential issue.

an example. Say you live in Georgia (hypothetically) and Georgia does not recognize gay marriage (haven't checked on this, but I assume it is the case, and we are talking hypothetical here) you have no recourse to sue under DOMA, because no state would marry you, meaning that you didn't have an issue with Georgia's refusal to recognize Massachusetts gay marriages, since you couldn't get a Mass marriage license anyway.

[saltpoint]

12. Romney's hair. It seems combed and greased down almost with ferocity.

As politicians' hair goes, I prefer the Robert F. Kennedy style -- let it grow and flop in the wind if it wants.

Romney's no-release grease style is over-engineered.

[ncteechur]

14. I think I heard him say 1 man 7 women--i could be wrong.