Former 2012 presidential candidate, former governor of Massachusetts and documentary film star Mitt Romney reasserted his belief in a recent interview that gay people should not be allowed to marry and raise children. The Republican politician defended his beliefs in spite of all the evidence to the contrary and a shift in the opinion of most Americans, including the Supreme Court of the United States.

On a televised interview with David Gregory on Meet the Press, after dodging Gregory's questions on the subject, the former governor answered, "I think marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman. And I think the ideal setting for raising a child is in a setting where there's a father and mother. Now there are many other different settings that children are raised in, and people have the right to live their life as they want to. But I think marriage should be defined in the way it's been defined for several thousand years. And if gay couples want to live together, that's fine as well, that's their right."

Gregory followed up by asking, "Do you think it's actually had a negative impact on society that you have so many states now recognizing it?" Romney answered broadly by saying that we would not see the effect for generations to come. "That's not going to happen overnight. It's something, which happens over generations, in fact," he said.

Though the Supreme Court struck down DOMA, the failed presidential candidate believes that such matters ought to be left to the people. Yet, in some states, like New Jersey, where the elected representatives of the people approved same sex marriage, another Republican governor overruled the people's will.

With 17 states of the union and the District of Columbia having legalized same sex marriage, the tide continues to turn but Romney continues to belief in "traditional" marriage and that the GOP can make a case against marriage equality.