Comments on: GOP senator Portman backs same-sex marriage

By: The fight for ENDA: Think you can’t be fired for being gay? Think again | In Baton Rouge Area

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:37:42 +0000

[...] selected instead of me had failed the qualifying exam for that promotion,” Hutchinson told the Washington Blade. “Mr. Portman’s staff was very attentive, respectful and concerned to hear that anti-LGBT [...]

By: The fight for ENDA: Think you can’t be fired for being gay? Think again — MSNBC

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:13:30 +0000

By: Opinion | Rosenstein: Who would have thunk it? | Gay Marriage : Washington Blade – America's Leading Gay News Source

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:56:44 +0000

[...] Senate now supports same-sex marriage. All but three Democrats along with two Republicans, Sens. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), have joined the list of supporters with more than seven issuing [...]

By: Heitkamp, Donnelly come out for gay marriage : Washington Blade – America's Leading Gay News Source

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:25:46 +0000

[...] hasn’t made any announcements in favor of marriage equality — with the exception of Sens. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), as we reported [...]

By: Delaware GOP executive director attends gay marriage fundraiser | LGBT : Washington Blade – America's Leading Gay News Source

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:40:37 +0000

[...] who describes himself as a gay conservative Republican, spoke to the Blade less than a day after U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) publicly endorsed marriage rights for same-sex couples. He applauded the senator’s position in a tweet he sent from his private Twitter [...]

By: Rob Portman’s gay marriage flip-flip shows how we change our minds | Full Comment | National Post

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:10:11 +0000

[...] a lesbian met with Portman’s staff about a job discrimination complaint and came away hopeful that he’d support ENDA. She doesn’t really know what he’d do. Neither do [...]

By: LGBT Youth Allies

LGBT Youth Allies — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 23:33:21 +0000

Portman should also voice support for efforts to get the so-called Defense of Marriage Act declared unconstitutional, which he hasn't done. He still opposes "judicial intervention."
http://www.youthallies.com/portman-marriage-equality-gay-son/

By: Ray

Ray — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:52:14 +0000

Hey Portman, would you feel the same way if your gay son were straight? NO…typical of a republican! Go Away!

By: Ohio’s Portman Becomes First Sitting GOP Senator to Support Marriage Equality | John M. Becker

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:46:57 +0000

[...] significant because during his time in the U.S. House of Representatives (1993-2005), Portman voted to support the anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act in 1996 and a proposed constitutional marriage [...]

By: George Kafantaris

George Kafantaris — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:53:39 +0000

Rob Portman, you got guts.
And you are showing the way.