As LGBT issues took national spotlight today, Mitt Romney reaffirmed his opposition to marriage equality and civil unions.
Romney’s stance is not exactly new– he signed a pledge saying he would support a constitutional ammendment to ban marriage equality. But between North Carolina’s vote to ban marriage equality and the firestorm resulting from Vice President Biden’s comments this weekend, Romney is now being asked to revisit the issue.
Romney would not answer the question on the rope line, but according to Twitter accounts of an exchange with a local Colorado reporter, he said he does not support civil unions, which are too close to marriage equality in his opinion:
Mitt Romney to Fox affiliate in Denver: “I do not favor civil unions if they are identical to marriage other than by name.”
— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) May 9, 2012
Romney: “My view is the domestic partnership benefits, hospital visitation rights and the like are appropriate but that the others are not”
— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) May 9, 2012
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