Republican Senator Rob Portman's recent reversal on same sex marriage continues to reverberate in the GOP.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich continues to be against marriage equality, but isn't running away from Portman's new position.

A second sitting House Republican has publicly broken ranks with the mainstream of his party on the issue of same-sex marriage, announcing that he will co-sponsor the Respect for Marriage Act which would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act that currently bans federal benefits from going to married same-sex couples in the US.

When he was campaigning for the Republican nomination for US president, Newt Gingrich took a hard line against same-sex marriage.

But now the former speaker of the US House of Representatives sees that marriage equality is gaining ground. After voters in three states made history by voting to legalize gay marriage last month, Gingrich thinks his party will have to find a way to adjust.

The US presidential election was not so much an endorsement of Obama as a verdict on the Republican Party. Given the dire economic circumstances, any challenger would have strolled into 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. They even outspent the Democrats on their presidential campaign by a factor of 3.5 to one. The recriminations and post mortems are in full swing. At least Newt Gingrich has the honesty to admit being ‘far off’ wrong.

It’s officially official. President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney will meet in this November’s race for the White House.

This matchup has been penciled in all spring. After a GOP primary casting call that included mogul/TV reality boss Donald Trump, pizza man Herman Cain, Representative Michele Bachmann, former Senator Rick Santorum, and ex-House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Romney is the last candidate standing.

Even though Mitt Romney is the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Newt Gingrich officially remains in the race and trying to appeal to the party's socially conversative voters.

Gingrich on Tuesday (24 April) released a video in support of North Carolina's Amendment One, a ballot initiative that seeks add a ban same-sex marriages and civil unions to the North Carolina constitution.

Last night Rick Santorum had an impressive primary win in Louisiana. Yet, he is no closer to winning the Republican nomination.

The former senator exceeded all expectations by beating Mitt Romney two to one. As reported by The New York Times, Santorum won 49 percent of the vote. Romney was a distant second with  26.7. Newt Gingrich came in third with 15.9 and Ron Paul 6.1.

Barney Frank, the first openly gay member of the US House of Representatives, appeared on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live Wednesday (22 February) and showed off his engagement ring to the host and his audience.

Kimmel asked Frank, a congressman from Massachusetts, why the ring is black. Frank explained that it was made by his fiancee, 42-year-old Jim Ready who counts welding among his skills. Ready was in the audience at the show.

'It's just a reminder of the real world,' Frank said of the homemade ring.

With a number of wins in his belt, Rick Santorum is riding a crest of popularity.

According to Public Policy Polling, the former Pennsylvania senator 'has opened up a wide lead' in the organization's national poll. He's at 38 percent, and behind him is Mitt Romney at 23. Former speaker of the House  Newt Gingrich is at 17 and  13 percent for Rep. for Ron Paul.

Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich don't seem to agree on much these days as they slug it out for the Republican nomination for president.

But one thing the did agree on Tuesday was that the The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overstepped when it upheld a lower court's ruling that California's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriages is unconstitutional.

'Court of Appeals overturning CA's Prop 8 another example of an out of control judiciary. Let's end judicial supremacy,' Gingrich wrote on Twitter.

The National Organization for Marriage offered its congratulations to Newt Gingrich for his win in the South Carolina primary.

The anti-gay marriage group also voiced its support for the winners of the races in Iowa and New Hampshire.

As reported by the Associated Press, Newt Gingrich has won the South Carolina primary.

The third election in the 2012 Republican primary, seemed never to be in doubt. Multiple  TV news organizations called it for the former House Speaker right after the polls closed at 7 pm , EST.

According to AP, former Gov. Mitt Romney came in second. Rick Santorum, an ex-senator, is third, and rounding the four man field is Rep. Ron. Paul.