HOPKINTON, NH – In a town hall meeting, Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney said that he supports “Partnership Agreements” but does not support marriage for same-sex couples.

According to the Huffington Post, the former Massachusetts governor was bombarded with questions from the audience concerning support for same-sex marriage and funding for AIDS research. According to the Post, it was apparent that Romney wanted to move on to other subjects.

Finally, Romney responded that it was his view that they ideal setting for raising a child is when you have the benefit of two people working together, one male and one female. That, he explained, has been recognized as marriage for the last 6,000 years.

Romney did say that he supports some form of partnership agreements that would permit things such as hospital visitation rights and similar benefits of that nature.