GOP Support for Gay Marriage

Ken Mehlman the political director for the George W. Bush White House compares the right to marry to other fundamental rights conservatives embrace. He rounded up a group of 131 prominent Republicans to sign a legal brief thats at odds with the House GOP leadership and the partys platform.

Republican fundraisers say the changing views of gay marriage in their party could unlock big money from GOP donors in places like New York California and Florida mdash where some Republicans have kept their checkbooks closed over what they saw as misplaced priorities at best or intolerance at worst at the highest ranks of the party. Several...