Mitt Romney--Believe in America

After glancing through Mitt Romney's campaign website, it was obvious that Mitt wanted to promote his image as a family man. From his video on the Mitt and Ann romance (A Love Story and A Love Story Continues) it is easy to see his family values (with perhaps a touch of hidden agenda...but hey, he's a politician. Can you blame him?).

Upon further inspection, I found his views on Marriage and the Family. Mitt strongly believes in the preservation of the traditional family and will show this through his support for the creation of a Federal Marriage Amendment to the Constitution that will define marriage in the traditional sense--between one man and one woman. While I appreciate Romney taking a firm stand on defending traditional marriage and preserving the sanctity of marriage as a social institution, I think more needs to be done to strengthen already existing heterosexual marriages. In fact, only 3.5% of Americans currently identify themselves as homosexual, which leaves 96.5% of heterosexual Americans with no federal laws to support their own marriages. More needs to be done on both the federal and state levels to support marriage.

In an effort to gain more information on Mitt's views about families, I emailed "Mitt" (a.k.a. an automatically generated email response system) to see what his policies on families are. The response is as follows:

Jenni,

Thank you for contacting me to learn more about my views on family. I appreciate your interest in my campaign for president.

The family unit serves an important purpose in society. We must preserve its central role in shaping the character of future generations and fight to promote a culture of life in America. I hope you’ll take the time to read about my views on marriage and life at www.MittRomney.com/issues/values.

I am running for president because I believe in America and know that our best days are still ahead. I believe that the principles that made America the leader of the world today – freedom, opportunity, and free enterprise to name just a few – are the very principles that will keep America the leader of the world tomorrow. These last few years have not been the best of times. But, while we’ve lost a few years, we have not lost our way.

Again, thank you for contacting me. I encourage you to visit my website at www.MittRomney.com for updated information on this and other issues that may be of interest to you. I look forward to hearing from you in the future and earning your support.

Sincerely,

Mitt Romney

While I appreciated hearing back from Mitt almost instantly, this email leaves something to be desired about his views on family legislation. Alas, the key to change in family politics may lie within state legislation. But, I will continue to profile different presidential candidates so we can all make informed decisions on which candidate will support the family in general. The quest continues...