Meet the four Republins Congrs who support gay marriage - The Washgton Post

Contents:

• PROMENT GAY REPUBLINS HELPED SMOOTH THE WAY FOR MARRIAGE BILL
• AMERIN POLICIANS' SUPPORT OF GAY MARRIAGE: AN EVOLUTNARY HISTORY
• WHICH POLICIANS SUPPORTED GAY MARRIAGE AND WHEN?
• SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE REACH ALL-TIME HIGH, SURVEY FDS
• MEET THE FOUR REPUBLINS CONGRS WHO SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE

PROMENT GAY REPUBLINS HELPED SMOOTH THE WAY FOR MARRIAGE BILL

“I have suggted to others that not only would I like to see Roe, Casey, and Griswold on ntraceptn dified but I’ve also ma clear my support for, for gay marriage years ago, ” she said. One has a gay son. They were lobbied by their lleagu, by proment gay donors and operativ their party, and by relig groups who secured stronger relig liberty Jiang/The New York TimSenator Roy Blunt of MissouriOne of only two Republins learship to vote for the bill, Mr.

AMERIN POLICIANS' SUPPORT OF GAY MARRIAGE: AN EVOLUTNARY HISTORY

Burr voted to repeal the policy known as “don’t ask, don’t tell, ” which barred openly gay and bisexual people om servg the ary, llg the policy “outdated. Donors and operativ, some of them gay, on a ordated, $1. Portman first said publicly that he was favor of same-sex marriage 2013, after his son me out as gay.

WHICH POLICIANS SUPPORTED GAY MARRIAGE AND WHEN?

Romney me out favor of the legislatn after the Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats, which historilly has been opposed to gay rights, gave s support to the Huang for The New York TimSenator Thom Tillis of North CarolaMr.

AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTBehd the succs of the Rpect for Marriage Act was a group of proment Republins, some of them gay, who worked to persua G. 11, 2022WASHINGTON — When the Senate passed landmark legislatn last month to mandate feral regnn for same-sex marriag, the vote was ld as a rare moment of bipartisanship at a time of ep polil polarizatn the the narrow aln of 12 Republins that joed every Democrat support of the measure — which cleared Congrs on Thursday wh fal passage the Hoe, sendg to Print Bin — did not sprg up spontaneoly a groundswell of cross-party the scen, a group of fluential Republin donors and operativ, cludg some of the party’s most proment gay lears wh long experience proddg their party to embrace L. Senators that backg would give them a polil quiet work helps expla how a bill to ensure regnn of same-sex marriag across the untry went om beg the subject of an electn-season polil manver that few expected to be enacted to an iative embraced by a cisive majory of senators, and an unexpected victory for the gay rights movement that will be one of the fal acts of the Democratic-ntrolled Congrs.

Bh’s mpaign manager 2004 and a former chairman of the Republin Natnal Commtee who me out as gay 2010, and Centerle Actn, a centrist nonprof fund by him and Regald Brown, a lawyer Mr. ImageKen Mehlman, seen 2010, has worked to build greater acceptance among Republins for gay- and transgenr-iendly Heisler/The New York TimMr. Mehlman, who has worked to build greater acceptance among Republins for gay- and transgenr-iendly polici, also leaned on a work of Republins that he enlisted 2019 to urge the Supreme Court to clare that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 explicly prohibs discrimatn agast gay men, lbians and transgenr people the workplace.

SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE REACH ALL-TIME HIGH, SURVEY FDS

Tmp; Ben Gsberg, the proment Republin lawyer; Mary Cheney, the openly gay and married dghter of former Vice Print Dick Cheney; Tom Ridge, the former homeland secury secretary unr Mr. More about Annie KarniA versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 28 of the New York edn wh the headle: Proment Gay Republins Helped Smooth Way for the Marriage Bill. In the n-up to this week's supreme urt heargs on gay marriage, a number of policians, eager to tch up to the Amerin public, have performed some imprsive polil gymnastics on the issue.

A look at who supported what, when:Augt 2004 – vice-print Dick CheneyLong his bative self on gay marriage, Cheney mak this list for beg so far outsi his party l long before the current trend.

He supports fg marriage – if at all – at a state level, and c his experience wh his own gay dghter, havg said: "Wh the rpect to the qutn of relatnships, my general view is eedom means eedom for everyone.... "May 2012 – Print Barack ObamaDurg the 2012 electn, the printial ticket was forced to share s views on gay marriage when vice-print Joe Bin endorsed marriage equaly a May terview. Portman said Thursday, March 14, 2013 that he now supports gay marriage and says his reversal on the issue began when he learned one of his sons is gay.

MEET THE FOUR REPUBLINS CONGRS WHO SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE

Stt Applewhe/APOn 15 March, the Oh Republin announced his support for gay marriage, explag his change of heart after his son, Will, told his parents he is gay. His show of fay solidary has largely e off well, and both he and his son have explaed the story passnately: "We were surprised to learn he is gay but knew he was still the same person he'd always been. "18 March – the CltonsFormer secretary of state Hilary Clton, se we had fotten her or her 2011 support for New York's gay marriage law, released a vio on 18 March "announcg" her own support "as a matter of policy and law".

Photograph: Tami Chappell/RtersThe retirg Geia senator emphatilly nied he would ever change his opposn to gay marriage, tellg Poli: "I'm not gay. Siarly, Rece Prieb, the Republin natnal mtee chairman, has said that the party has room for supporters of gay rights like Portman. 24 March – senator Claire McCaskellThe Missouri Democrat broke ranks wh the print durg her 2012 re-electn bid, when she mataed that stat had the right to ban gay marriage.

Reprentg a very morate state, Warner has ls to risk than McCaskell or Portman, and has yet to suffer for his pro-LGBT actns as a ernor or 's Facebook profile picture on Tuday was changed to reflect the Human Rights Campaign's pro-gay marriage logo.