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CINCINNATI — No one heckled Senator Rob Portman during his first appearance before thousands of Ohioans since becoming the most prominent elected Republican in the country to endorse same-sex marriage. “Wouldn’t you say,” he said, turning to his wife, Jane, after marching in an opening day parade for the Cincinnati Reds on Monday, “that most of the comments were thank yous and thumbs up and ‘You did the right thing’?” True, but for some of the Ohioans who acknowledged Mr. Portman, doubts flickered below the surface. “Senator!” said one spectator, Pete Kidnocker, reaching out to shake Mr. Portman’s hand. But...

<p>The Associated Press on Thursday updated its stylebook so that married individuals will be referred to as husband and wife, regardless of whether they are in a same-sex marriage. The change comes a week after the AP received criticism for an internal memo designating the word "partners" for individuals in same-sex marriages.</p>

You know our political discourse has lost its moorings when it’s the Republicans who play that famous race card in defending one of their own. The person in need of defense is Dr. Ben Carson, a renowned Johns Hopkins surgeon. Carson happens to be black, Yale-educated — and conservative. After his impassioned criticism of President Obama at the National Prayer Breakfast, many in the GOP thought they’d found their 2016 standard-bearer. But however brilliant, Carson has raised eyebrows since coming into the spotlight. Last week, he told Sean Hannity, “Marriage is between a man and a woman. No group, be...

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF OREGON JUAN MARTINEZ;BYRON BECK; DAN O'NEIL; STEVE KENISON; RUPERT KINNARD; SCOTT STAPLEY; MARC ACITO; FLOYD SKLAVER; BECKY HANSON; KATHY FLYNN; CRISTINA CARAVACA; SANDRA NARANJO; MICHELLE SNYDER; HEIDI THORSTAD; DIANE GROFF; LIZ CAHILL; TIM SMITH; KENT KULLBY; KELLY BURKE; DOLORES DOYLE; DANIEL E. H. BRYANT; and GLENNA SHEPHERD, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. THEODORE R. KULONGOSKI, Governor of the State of Oregon; and STATE OF OREGON, Defendants-Respondents, and DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE COALITION PAC, an Oregon political action committee; TIMOTHY NASHIF; MICHAEL WHITE; and DENNIS R. TUURI, Intervenors-Respondents. Marion County Circuit Court 05C11023 A130818 Joseph C....