According to The Huffington Post, presidential candidate Rick Perry, the governor of Texas, has signed a controversial pledge to back a federal constitutional amendment against gay marriage. The statement goes against what he said earlier–that the states should decide on gay marriage.

The National Organization for Marriage’s pledge, which Perry signed Friday, states that if Perry is elected, he will send a Constitutional amendment defining marraige as the union of one man and one woman to the states for ratification. The pledge also states U.S. Supreme Court and federal judges who will “reject the idea our Founding Fathers inserted a right to gay marriage into our constitution.”

Perry’s former stance on gay marriage is that he believed it to be a states’ rights issue, and that he’s all right with New York’s decision to legalize gay marriage. You can read more about this pledge and Perry’s former stance on gay marriage here at The Huffington Post.

There’s a lot that could be said about this pledge–that it’s a stunt simply to gain votes, that it’s prejudicial–but instead of me rattling off my opinion (which I kinda already stated), I’ll let you sound off on this in the comments section below.