Editing Rob Portman (section)

===LGBT rights===
While still in the U.S. House, Portman co-sponsored the [[Defense of Marriage Act]], a bill passed in 1996 that banned federal recognition of [[Same-sex marriage in the United States|same-sex marriage]];<ref name="huffpo-gay">{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/15/rob-portman-gay-marriage_n_2881805.html|title=Rob Portman Reverses Gay Marriage Stance After Son Comes Out|last=Reilly|first=Mollie|date=March 15, 2013|work=[[HuffPost]]|access-date=March 20, 2013}}</ref> in 1999, he voted for a measure prohibiting same-sex couples in Washington D.C. from adopting children.<ref name="votesmart-gay">{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/bill/3604/8867/27008/adoption-restriction-amendment#.UUNqOr-2cy5|title=H Amdt 356 – Adoption Restriction Amendment – Key Vote|publisher=[[Project Vote Smart]]|access-date=March 20, 2013}}</ref> On March 14, 2013, Portman publicly announced that he had changed his stance on [[same-sex marriage]], and now supported its legalization,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-rob-portman-gay-marriage-20130315,0,1398205.story|title=GOP Sen. Rob Portman announces support for same-sex marriage|first=Michael A.|last=Memoli|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=March 15, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/03/gop-senator-rob-portman-gives-his-support-same-sex-marriage/317338/|title=GOP Senator Rob Portman Gives His Support to Same-Sex Marriage|first=Alexander|last=Abad-Santos|website=[[The Atlantic]] |agency=[[The Atlantic Wire]]|date=March 15, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2013/03/rob-portman-gay-marriage-stance-88903.html|title=Rob Portman backs gay marriage after son comes out|first=Kevin |last=Cirilli|website=[[Politico]]|date=March 15, 2013}}</ref> becoming the first sitting Republican U.S. senator to do so.<ref>{{cite news |title=Gay Marriage Foes Yet to Prove Formidable Threat to Rob Portman |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/gay-marriage-foes-yet-prove-formidable-threat-rob-portman-n250131 |access-date=December 29, 2020 |work=[[NBC News]] |date=November 17, 2014 |language=en}}</ref> The change came two years after his son Will [[coming out|came out]] to Portman and his wife as gay in 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sen-rob-portman-backs-same-sex-marriage/|title=Stunner: Sen. Rob Portman backs same-sex marriage|work=[[CBS News]]|date=March 15, 2013|access-date=March 15, 2013}}</ref> The [[Human Rights Campaign]] (HRC), which supports same-sex marriage and gay rights, gave Portman a 45% score in 2014 and an 85% score in 2016; the HRC also gives Portman a 100% rating for sharing its position on same-sex marriage.<ref name=":0" />

In November 2013, Portman was one of 10 Republican senators to vote for the [[Employment Non-Discrimination Act]] (ENDA), after the Senate adopted an amendment he proposed to expand religious protections.<ref>{{cite news|first=Chris|last=Johnson|url=http://www.washingtonblade.com/2013/11/07/senate-passes-trans-inclusive-enda/|title=HISTORIC: SENATE PASSES ENDA|newspaper=[[Washington Blade]]|date=November 7, 2013}}</ref>

After the House passed [[Respect for Marriage Act|a bill to federally protect gay marriage]] on July 19, 2022,<ref>{{cite web |title=Roll Call 373, Bill Number: H. R. 8404, Respect for Marriage Act, 117th Congress, 2nd Session |url=https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022373 |website=Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives |publisher=clerk.house.gov |access-date=July 20, 2022 |language=en |date=July 19, 2022}}</ref> a press spokesman for Portman said he would cosponsor the bill in the Senate.<ref name="codifyGayMarriage">{{cite news |last1=Eaton |first1=Sabrina |title=House passes bill to codify gay marriage over Republican objections led by Ohio's Jim Jordan |url=https://www.cleveland.com/news/2022/07/house-passes-bill-to-codify-gay-marriage-over-republican-objections-led-by-ohios-jim-jordan.html |access-date=July 20, 2022 |work=cleveland |date=July 19, 2022 |language=en}}</ref> He cosponsored the bill the following day.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cosponsors - S.4556 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): Respect for Marriage Act |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4556/cosponsors |access-date=October 31, 2022 |language=en |date=July 19, 2022 |website=congress.gov}}</ref> He was one of 12 Republicans in the Senate voting to advance and pass the [[Respect for Marriage Act]], the legislation protecting federal [[Same-sex marriage in the United States|same-sex marriage rights]] into federal law.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Metzger |first=Bryan |title=12 Republican senators broke with their party and voted for a bill to protect same-sex marriage |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/which-republican-senators-vote-for-same-sex-marriage-codification-bill-2022-11 |access-date=December 12, 2022 |website=[[Business Insider]] |language=en-US}}</ref>