christian grantham
Christian Grantham was a student activist in the late 90s and later a consultant to domestic policy forums for the Clinton Administration as well as events for HRC and GLAAD.
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February 22, 2005

Single issue Republicans and the party's evangelical base will be very happy with Mitt Romney. In his 2008 bid for President, Romney can find no better a running mate than Alan Keyes, whose anti-gay bigotry isn't just limited to hollow threats.

How will the widening schizm between more popular Republican moderates and the party's radical conservative base bode for Romney and his rabid allies? The 2008 fault lines are forming over equal marriage rights.

On gay marriage, Romney vilified the Supreme Judicial Court for striking "a blow against the family."

"Today, same-sex couples are marrying under the law in Massachusetts,'' Romney said, stressing the word "marrying." "Some are actually having children born to them."

To thunderous applause from the Spartanburg Republican audience, he said, "It's not right on paper. It's not right in fact. Every child has the right to have a mother and a father."

Romney then cast himself as a defender of traditional marriage.

"From day one, I've opposed the move for same-sex marriage and its equivalent, civil unions," Romney said.

"We lost on marriage in the court and we lost on civil unions in the Legislature. But I'm convinced that when finally we hear the voice of the people in my state, we will win at the ballot box."
[Mitt’s gay-wed stance hits Carolina chord - Boston Globe - 02-22-05]