This is in regards to Sen. Bob Portman, the first Republican United States senator to support marriage equality. He said in an interview with CNN that he opposed marriage equality because of his religious beliefs, and after his son came out, he started to rethink the issue. He said he then consulted his pastor and other religious leaders before deciding to support marriage equality in his official capacity as a United States senator. He states that talking to them was part of that "process". I’m glad that he now supports marriage equality, but his reasoning “process” troubles me. Imagine the number of bricks that would be shat all across this country if a United States senator said he had consulted his imam about what is and isn’t halal before voting for an agricultural bill.