Roemer: Leave Gay Marriage Up to the States
ABC News reports:
Former Louisiana Gov. Buddy Roemer, one of only two Republicans to have formed a presidential exploratory committee for 2012, is espousing a policy position that may not go over so well with conservative voters: He wants every state to decide for itself whether to allow gay marriage.
”I'm a traditionalist. I believe marriage is between a man and a woman,” Roemer told us on ABC’s “Top Line” today. “I don't think it's the right thing to do. But there's an even bigger issue guys -- it's how is the debate conducted: state by state.”
“Each state has a right to determine how it defines a marriage. I'm a Methodist boy. Our church believes that a marriage is between a man and a woman. And I'm not trying to put anybody down. That's what I believe with my heart and soul. Nothing has changed on that.”
Roemer, who switched party affiliations from Democrat to Republican during his single term of governor of Louisiana, from 1988-1992, said he intends to use that political history to his benefit in the 2012 GOP primaries.
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