“I don’t believe in discriminating in employment or opportunity for gay individuals. So I favor gay rights.”For background, read Christian Liberty at Risk with a President Romney?
-- Mitt Romney told Nashua Telegraph 11/22/11
UPDATE 5/15/12: Romney says same-sex couples ‘have the right’ to adopt children
-- From "Mitt Romney wins big in straw vote Saturday at Log Cabin Republicans' Florida caucus in Miami" by Steve Rothaus, Miami Herald Staff 1/28/12
Log Cabin Republicans overwhelmingly chose Gov. Mitt Romney as their favorite GOP presidential candidate in a Florida straw vote on Saturday at City Hall the Restaurant, 2004 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami.
The straw vote came following Log Cabin's national board meeting in Miami.
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From "Fla. Log Cabin members tilt toward Romney" by Lou Chibbaro Jr., Washington Blade 1/29/12
Officials from the group’s Florida chapters said the outcome was consistent with anecdotal information they’ve received from club members and gay and lesbian Republicans across the state – that a majority of Florida’s LGBT Republicans, including those who initially backed former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman and Texas Congressman Ron Paul, have shifted their support to Romney.
Shortly after Log Cabin’s cocktail caucus adjourned on Saturday evening, the Miami Herald, El Nuevo Herald, and the Tampa Bay Times released the findings of a joint poll that showed a large majority of the state’s Republican voters were in agreement with the Log Cabin members.
[R. Clarke Cooper, president of the national Log Cabin Republicans organization, said,] “Romney has said doing a [one-man/one-woman marriage] constitutional amendment is not realistic and that’s not something that’s going to happen.”
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