VIDEO: CPAC Attendees Blast GOP Senator Who Announced Support For Marriage Equality
VIDEO: CPAC Attendees Blast GOP Senator Who Announced Support For Marriage Equality
By Scott Keyes, Adam Peck and Zack Beauchamp
WASHINGTON, DC Sen. Rob Portmans (R-OH) decision to support marriage equality was not warmly received at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Friday.
ThinkProgress spoke with 10 attendees about the Ohio Senators announcement this week that he was reversing course and backing marriage equality after his own son came out of the closet. Every person we spoke with opposed same-sex marriage, and many had harsh words for Portman.
Horrible! said Tony Mele, an 88-year-old woman from New Jersey, of Portmans decision. When told he did so because of his gay son, she responded, Thats his fault! He gets no sympathy from me. A pastor from Georgia, William Temple, told Portman to quit being so selfish as to only think about his son, and if he wont reverse himself, to step down and go home. Another pastor, Rev. Robert Lancia, dismissed Portmans point that we should treat each other according to the Golden Rule: That doesnt cover it. One man, David Kern, even said Portmans sons choice of college turned him gay. Well what did Sen. Portman expect when he sent his son to Yale?
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