(CNN) – Ken Mehlman, the former Republican National Committee Chairman who last summer announced he was gay, says it’s time the GOP publicly support same-sex marriage.
Mehlman’s new position – once all but unthinkable from the man who ran former President George Bush’s 2004 reelection bid – comes more than three months after he shocked many in Washington with his announcement.
But in an interview with the website The Big Think, Mehlman says he has come to believe that supporting gay rights is a logical extension of the principles the GOP seeks to advance.
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