Articles about Rob Portman

19 April 2013
Poll: US Republican Senator Rob Portman loses some support over pro-equal marriage stance 1 Hardline US Republican Senator Rob Portman, who last month reversed his opposition to equal marriage, has lost some support, mainly from members of his own party, a survey has found.
11 April 2013
Equal marriage supporter Kid Rock: I’m ‘fucking embarrassed to be a Republican’ 16 Rock singer Kid Rock has said that he supports equal marriage, and has spoken out to say that he was "fucking embarrassed to be a Republican", because of some party policies.
2 April 2013
US: Republican Senator Mark Kirk comes out in support of equal marriage 10 Mark Kirk of Illinois is the second Republican Senator to come out in support of equal marriage, and follows Rob Portman, who recently offered his support to same-sex marriage.
2 April 2013
US talk show host condemns ‘fraud’ Bill O’Reilly for supporting equal marriage 45 A conservative US talk show host has come down heavily on Fox News presenter Bill O'Reilly who last week announced that he had changed his stance to support equal marriage.
1 April 2013
US: Arizona Congressman stands by opposition to equal marriage despite son being gay 19 A Mormon Arizona Congressman has said that, despite his own son being gay, his stance on equal marriage hadn't "evolved" for him too support it.
31 March 2013
GOP Senator: ‘It is inevitable that a GOP presidential candidate will support equal marriage’ 4 A Republican Senator has spoken out to say that, despite being opposed to equal marriage himself, he thinks a future GOP candidate for the US presidency will support same-sex marriage.
25 March 2013
Son of US Senator who changed stance to support equal marriage reflects on coming out 4 The gay son of Senator Rob Portman, has written a column reflecting on coming out as a college freshman, a decision which led to his father controversially reversing his decision to support equal marriage.
24 March 2013
US: Senator who reversed position to support equal marriage finds GOP crowd ‘very respectful’ 5 US Senator Rob Portman, who came out in support of equal marriage last week, spoke at a Republican Party event this weekend, and said that the audience was "very respectful" of his change in stance.
22 March 2013
US Senator: ‘I’m not gay, so I’m not going to marry one’ 18 A Republican Senator in the US answered the question of whether his views opposing equal marriage had changed briefly and frankly, saying that they had not.
20 March 2013
Facebook user suggests site read his text messages to know he was gay 26 A Facebook user claimed that the site knew he was gay before he ever came out, or share the information, other than in a text message sent to a friend.
16 March 2013
US Political Action Committee: ‘Senator’s son may die of AIDS because he accepted that he is gay’ 29 A political action committee (PAC) has written that by accepting his son's sexuality, Ohio Senator Rob Portman, is putting him at risk of dying "from AIDS", "or oral cancer".
16 March 2013
US Christians: A Republican supporting his gay son is like a parent supporting a child who drink drives 106 A Christian group has mocked a Republican senator who changed his views on same-sex marriage after his son came out, comparing homosexuality to drink driving.
16 March 2013
Video: US House Speaker says he ‘can’t imagine’ his position on equal marriage will ‘ever change’ 22 In an interview, the United States House Speaker John Boehner has said that he "can't imagine" he would "ever" change from his current stance in opposition to equal marriage.
15 March 2013
US: Anti-gay leader calls Senator who now supports equal marriage ‘A very troubled man’ 12 The leader of an anti-equal marriage group in the US has spoken out against Senator Rob Portman, who changed his stance in support of equal marriage, following his son coming out as gay.

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