Perhaps you’ve seen Portman described as pro-abortion because some people choose to defame those that have disappointed them on other issues. Rob Portman has had a perfect pro-life voting record since he was first elected to the House in the 1990s: http://nrlc.capwiz.com/bio/id/460
As for your theory that everyone that turns pro-abortion eventually will turn pro-same-sex marriage, and that everyone that turns pro-same-sex marriage eventually will turn pro-abortion, I disagree. They are separate issues with completely different social and philosophical underpinnings. I can think of several principled pro-lifers that will not deviate from that position even though they have caved to the sodomofascists on the definition of marriage.
As for Portman, he turned his back on marriage because his son came out as gay and complained to him, and he thought that he was being a good father by supporting same-sex marriage. It was a one-off thing, not a conversion to liberalism.
That’s good to know about his pro-life voting record.
It’s a shame that he allowed himself to be bullied by his son.
There are pro-life people who support gay marriage and vice versa, but I think its safe to say that there's about 80% or more overlap when it comes the pro-abortion and pro-gay marriage crowd. It's very telling that Portman's fellow pro-gay marriage Republicans in the Senate (Kirk, Murkowski, etc.) are the LEAST conservative members of the GOP caucus. I fully expect Portman to cave on more issues in the future (another one they frequently sell their soul on is amnesty for illegals) and "evolve" further left if he remains in the Senate.
>> As for Portman, he turned his back on marriage because his son came out as gay and complained to him, and he thought that he was being a good father by supporting same-sex marriage. It was a one-off thing, not a conversion to liberalism. <<
If their child's feelings trump the good of society for these RINOs, what's to stop them from converting to pro-abortion overnight if their daughter had an abortion? After all, according to their logic, merely disagreeing with the child's actions means they don't really love them.