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Republican U.S. Sen. Rob Portman is now supporting gay marriage and says his reversal on the issue began when he learned one of his sons is gay. Ohio's junior senator disclosed his change of heart in interviews with several Ohio newspapers and CNN. In an op-ed published Friday in The Columbus Dispatch, he said the decision came after a lot of thought.

Two former Republican presidential candidates are encouraging people to eat at Chick-fil-A on Wednesday to show support for the chain restaurant as it weathers criticism for its president's public opposition to same-sex marriage.

Mitt Romney is countering the notion that he bullied high school classmates and insists he didn't know some were gay.

A group representing gay conservatives says GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum should immediately apologize to a gay soldier who asked a ...

Carl P. Paladino, the Republican nominee for governor of New York, said he could have chosen his words better.

At a time when gays have been gaining victories across the country, the Republican Party in Montana still wants to make homosexuality illegal.

Michael Steele’s answers to questions about abortion and homosexuality could give heartburn to conservatives.