Mitt Romney's opposition to gay rights
has been described as “despicable” by Massachusetts Congressman
Barney Frank.
Frank made his comments during an
interview with gay weekly the Washington
Blade following his keynote speech at the National Stonewall
Democrats' Capital Champions reception.
Romney's
comments in February that he “fought hard and prevented
Massachusetts from becoming the Las Vegas of gay marriage” irked
Frank.
“That's like saying our marriages
were a trick, were a sham,” said Frank, who is planning to marry
his partner Jim Ready in July. “He's clearly prepared to embrace
the most – oh, and supporting a constitutional amendment. What
that says is that existing marriages are abolished. That's just
outrageous.”
Frank also said Romney was being
disingenuous about opposing discrimination against gay men and
lesbians.
“He's lying. What does that mean?
How does he oppose discrimination? He's not for any legislation that
would make it illegal. So how does he oppose it? He is for a
discrimination that would dissolve all the existing marriages. So
what does that mean when he says that?”