Beth Myers, Mitt Romney’s most trusted aide and the person he tapped to oversee his Vice-Presidential selection process, is a signatory to the Ken Mehlman-inspired amicus brief from Republican Party leaders to the Supreme Court in favor of overturning Proposition 8. He wouldn’t have been the first Dick Cheney’s daughter Mary is a lesbian. He told reporters that he disclosed the fact to the Romney campaign when he was vetted, and said they told him it was not an issue. One can’t help wondering if having a gay son cost Portman a spot on the G.O.P. “I thought it was the right time to let folks know where I stand, so there’s no confusion, so I would be clear about it,” he said, suggesting that the pendency and immediacy of those cases mattered to him. Portman was candid about the choice to announce his support less than two weeks before the Supreme Court is to hear constitutional challenges to the Defense of Marriage Act, which he voted for as a congressman, and to California’s Proposition 8, which outlawed same-sex marriage in that state. (Obama: “For me, personally, it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that.”) That I want all of my children to have, including our son, who is gay.” It was interesting that Portman chose to use the same modifier, “personally,” that President Obama used when he first announced his own evolution into a gay-marriage supporter, to Robin Roberts, on ABC news. Portman told CNN, “I’ve come to the conclusion that for me, personally, I think this is something that we should allow people to do, to get married, and to have the joy and stability of marriage that I’ve had for over twenty-six years.
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