Flip and Flop

Pretty funny, given that up until now he has said he believes marriage is an issue that should be decided by the states.

The story goes like this:

As gay marriage was about to become legal in New York last month, Texas Gov. Rick Perry channeled his inner libertarian and offered this comment: “You know what? That’s New York, and that’s their business, and that’s fine with me,” Mr. Perry said. “If you believe in the 10th Amendment, stay out of their business if you live in some other state or particularly if you’re the federal government.”

The remarks came at a meeting of GOP donors and governors in Aspen, Colo., on July 23, a day before the first same-sex marriages were performed in New York. A week later, as it became increasingly clear Mr. Perry would run for president, he told the Associated Press he would support a constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman.

“Yes, sir, I would. I am for the federal marriage amendment,” he told the AP. “And that’s about as sharp a point as I could put on it.”

On Friday, Mr. Perry completed the 180-degree turn: He signed the National Organization of Marriage’s anti-gay-marriage pledge.

And if I may say so myself, the same goes for Mitt Romney, who is running neck-and-neck with Perry for winner of the flip-flopper-of-the-campaign-season, award:

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