On Fox News Thursday, Mitt Romney said he preferred a “national standard” to define marriage as “between a man and a woman.” He added that states could carve out certain rights for couples in domestic partnerships.
Here’s the full quote:
Let me make it very clear, that my preference is to have a national standard that defines marriage as a relationship between a man and a woman. That would then allow states to determine what rights would be provided for people of the same gender that wanted it have a relationship. This could be domestic partnership benefits where one state might decide to provide hospital visitation rights. And another state could decide to provide that as well as benefits of other kinds. States could have their own decisions with regard to the domestic partnership rights but my preference is to have a national standard for marriage and that marriage be defined as being define a man and a woman.
