Gay Veteran Bob Garon Says Mitt Romney 'Doesn't Know About The Constitution'
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- On Top Magazine Staff
- | December 15, 2011
Bob Garon, the Vietnam veteran who asked Mitt Romney his thoughts on gay marriage, says Romney “doesn't know about the Constitution.”
Romney approached Garon, 63, on Monday during a campaign stop at Chez Vachon diner in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Garon asked Romney about New Hampshire Republicans' plans to repeal the state's 2-year-old gay marriage law.
“I support repeal of the New Hampshire law. I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. That's my view,” Romney told Garon.
“It's good to know how you feel,” Garon said. “That you do not believe that everyone is entitled to their constitutional rights.”
“No, actually, I think at the time the Constitution was written it was pretty clear that marriage is between a man and a woman,” Romney said. “And I don't believe the Supreme Court has changed that.”
During an appearance on MSNBC's Hardball, Garon said he was surprised by Romney's answer.
“Well, I was very surprised,” Garon said. “First, I'm not a professor of the Constitution. I didn't know he was either. I didn't know that the Constitution made it clear what a marriage was … between a man or a woman. There's nowhere in the Constitution that I can remember that it says anything about that. And here's a man that plans to be in the White House and apparently he doesn't know about the Constitution either. I was dumbfounded. I just don't know where he came up with that kind of information.” (The video is embedded in the right panel of this page. Visit our video library for more videos.)