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Republican Senator Rob Portman has announced his support for same-sex marriage, saying he reversed his position on the divisive social issue after his son came out as gay.

“I have come to believe that if two people are prepared to make a lifetime commitment to love and care for each other in good times and in bad, the government shouldn't deny them the opportunity to get married,” Portman wrote in an op-ed published Friday in the Columbus Dispatch.

“That isn’t how I’ve always felt. As a congressman, and more recently as a senator, I opposed marriage for same-sex couples. Then something happened that led me to think through my position in a much deeper way," Portman wrote in the op-ed.

moved by harmony due to no connection to Mormonism

The Mighty Builder wrote:http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/15/17323938-gops-rob-portman-announces-support-for-same-sex-marriage?lite

Republican Senator Rob Portman has announced his support for same-sex marriage, saying he reversed his position on the divisive social issue after his son came out as gay.

“I have come to believe that if two people are prepared to make a lifetime commitment to love and care for each other in good times and in bad, the government shouldn't deny them the opportunity to get married,” Portman wrote in an op-ed published Friday in the Columbus Dispatch.

“That isn’t how I’ve always felt. As a congressman, and more recently as a senator, I opposed marriage for same-sex couples. Then something happened that led me to think through my position in a much deeper way," Portman wrote in the op-ed.

It's always nice when someone expands their horizons a little bit, when pushed to do so. It's even better when they do that without being pushed.

Makes me wonder how many of Packer's descendents are staying in the closet until he dies, just so they don't have to deal with his reaction?

The Mighty Builder wrote:http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/15/17323938-gops-rob-portman-announces-support-for-same-sex-marriage?lite

Republican Senator Rob Portman has announced his support for same-sex marriage, saying he reversed his position on the divisive social issue after his son came out as gay.

“I have come to believe that if two people are prepared to make a lifetime commitment to love and care for each other in good times and in bad, the government shouldn't deny them the opportunity to get married,” Portman wrote in an op-ed published Friday in the Columbus Dispatch.

“That isn’t how I’ve always felt. As a congressman, and more recently as a senator, I opposed marriage for same-sex couples. Then something happened that led me to think through my position in a much deeper way," Portman wrote in the op-ed.

I abhor the title of this thread, and respectfully ask that it be changed.

I was, I thought, a pretty open person before my daughter came out as gay. I have, after all, been involved in a company with an active LGBT diversity programme, and as a partner in it, had to be very supportive. I had many gay friends, customers and the like, and had to tone down the rhetoric in my own mind.

I was of the mind that being gay was a choice. After all, as a married man, I was sometimes attracted to certain women, and chose to be faithful to my wife. Why couldn't a gay person do the same? I was so wrong.

for anyone who has had a child or spouse come out as gay, I think you know what I'm talking about. All the idealism in the world -- all the preconceived notions of what being gay is all about -- go right out the window when a gay child comes out. I wasn't prepared for my feelings on this -- the pain, the anguish, the loss of the ideal little comfortable world that such things were ok for others, but not for me and my house.

I do not believe someone has the right to judge another person on this matter. I also don't think that someone, not having a gay child, can possibly be in a position to declare anything about whether gay marriage is acceptable. Unless you have gone through years of active suicide watch over a daughter who wasn't out, to the point that I was almost resigned to the fact that she would eventually succeed in taking her own life, I don't think you can know what kind of pain the discrimination against gay people involves.

Change the title of this thread. Be merciful to those who suffer, please -- in the name of god.