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Consider this vignette: Julie Goodridge and David Wilson, two of the plaintiffs in the legal case that eventually led to marriage equality in Massachusetts, visited Romney while he was governor to put a human face on their experiences. After Goodridge relate to Romney a personal story about being blocked from hospital visitations for her eight year old daughter, the governor reportedly said, “I didn’t know you had families.”This response shocked Goodridge, who tearfully said to Romney on the way out of the meeting, “Gov. Romney, tell me — what would you suggest I say to my 8 year-old daughter about why her mommy and her ma can’t get married because you, the governor of her state, are going to block our marriage?”
Romney reportedly responded, “I don’t really care what you tell your adopted daughter. Why don’t you just tell her the same thing you’ve been telling her the last eight years.”
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