It’s not just Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), the conservative favorite who announced that learning his son is gay caused him to rethink and reverse his opposition to gay marriage, who is changing direction on gay marriage. Thursday evening, in a packed room at the CPAC gathering in Maryland (a state that voted for gay marriage), a pro-gay-marriage panel hosted by the free-market Competitive Enterprise Institute evaded CPAC’s decision to exclude the conservative gay organization GOProud by hosting an event titled, “A Rainbow on the Right: Growing the Coalition, Bringing Tolerance Out of the Closet.”
The event featured, among others, GOProud Executive Director Jimmy LaSalvia. Former CEI chairman Fred Smith moderated the panel, which included Jonah Goldberg, GOProud and Freedom To Marry adviser Liz Mair, GOProud board member and author Margaret Hoover, and me. To his credit, NRA president and CPAC board member David Keene attended.
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