In a conversation with David Gregory on Meet the Press this morning, Mitt Romney was asked about the changing marriage landscape in the U.S. and if his views had changed.
Said Romney:
"Well I think marriage is a relationship
between a man and a woman. And I think the ideal setting for raising a
child is in a setting where there is a father and a mother. Now there
are many other different settings that children are raised in and people
have the right to live life as they want to. But I think that marriage
should be defined in the way that it has been defined for several
thousand years. And if gay couples want to live together then that's
fine as well. That's their right."
Asked if he thinks it's going to have a negative impact on society
that so many states are starting to allow gay marriage, Romney added:
"Oh I think it's going to take a long,
long time to determine whether having gay marriage will make it less
likely for kids to be raised in settings where there's a mom and a dad.
That's not gonna happen overnight. It's something which happens over
generations in fact and again, I think the ideal setting is where
there's a mom and dad that can invest their time and their resources in
supporting the development of a child."
Asked if he thinks Republicans are losing on the marriage issue, Romney said:
"I don't think you have to worry about
who wins or who loses a particular fight. I think you stand for various
principles. You communicate those to the American people and they either
support those or not. Sometimes, if something is lost why then you move
on to the next issue. You wish you'd have won that one. But you move
on. I think that in this case it's an issue that people continue to find
relevant and important and it's something that is being considered in
various states around the country. I do believe that it's better decided
by people than by the courts."
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