The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

In light of Ohio Senator Rob Portman standing up for gay-marriage rights, many other Republicans in Congress have been approached about the issue. House Speaker John Boehner was one such individual. On ABC's This Week , Boehner engaged in the following back-and-forth with host Martha Raddatz: Raddatz: "Can you imagine yourself in a situation where you reversed your decision as Portman has on gay marriage if a child of yours or someone you love told you they were gay?" Boehner: "Listen, I believe marriage is a union between one man and one woman. It's what I grew up with, it's what I believe, it's what my church teaches me and I can't imagine that position would ever change." What Boehner and other Congressional Republicans need to learn is unless their party changes positions with regard to social and economic issues, their position isn't going to change on election day - the position of loser. http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2013/03/...

Not long ago, I wrote a bit about Republican Ohio Senator Rob Portman, giving him kudos for writing an op-ed in the Columbus Dispatch , where he came out in support of gay-marriage rights - the first Republican Senator to fully support these rights. Not much time lapsed before other members of the party made me shake my head in disbelief. Perhaps it shouldn't have come as much of a surprise, but following Portman's op-ed, he received his fair share of criticism from members of his own party at CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference). Kansas Representative Tim Huelskamp was one such member. On Friday, Huelskamp said the following with regard to Portman: "Here's a senator who couldn't deliver his own home state in the presidential election. ...somehow, we're supposed to believe that if we abandon traditional marriage, that liberals are going to flock to us." When asked how he would react if his son announced he was gay, like Portman's son...