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We should deny people rights to a civil union, a legal arrangement if that's what a state chooses to do so. >> that was george w. bush in 2004 saying that he was in favor of civil unions for same-sex couples. 2004, the last republican president. the current republican nominee for president is against that. >> i think people have differing views on marriage and i respect people's different views. i'm in favor of traditional marriage, between a man and a woman. and i don't favor civil union or gay marriage. >> we think of the country as getting less anne-gay over time, but for the top tier of re...

plus, disturbing video of a deadly police beating. the victim, a meanta willy ill homeless man who can be heard calling out to his father "they're killing me." i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> while we begin this hour with the romney campaign, having some trouble staying on message. let's go straight to our national political correspondent jim acosta. he's on the campaign trail with the presumptive republican nominee. you're in lansing, michigan, right now. tell us what's going on, jim. >> reporter: wolf, earlier today mitt ro...

Over the size of big government, the notion that you can trust government, the idea that is it going to help my family or is it going it result in cuts to my medicare or medicaid. those are the issues, not race. bill: if you were a democrat, and i'll get to what's happening in searchlight, nevada in a moment, but for the tea party movement, this is their ground zero and i'll explain the significance in a moment but if you were a democratic targeted by the tea party movement, how would you campaign against that, what's your argument? >> if you were targeted, what you have to do is you have to s...

Rights or other things? >> well, i -- i -- i don't think we should deny people rights to a civil union, a legal arrangement if that's what a state chooses to do so. >> that was george w. bush in 2004 saying that he was in favor of civil unions for same-sex couples. 2004, the last republican president. the current republican nominee for president is against that. >> i think people have differing views on marriage and i respect people's different views. i'm in favor of traditional marriage, between a man and a woman. and i don't favor civil union or gay marriage. >> we think of the country as ge...

A civil union, a legal arrangement if that's what a state chooses to do so. >> that was george w. bush in 2004 saying that he was in favor of civil unions for same-sex couples. 2004, the last republican president. the current republican nominee for president is against that. >> i think people have differing views on marriage and i respect people's different views. i'm in favor of traditional marriage, between a man and a woman. and i don't favor civil union or gay marriage. >> we think of the country as getting less anne-gay over time, but for the top tier of republican politicians, they are g...