http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/05/01/151793100/facing-criticism-gay-romney-aide-resigns?ft=1&f=1001
Richard Grenell, a long time Republican hired by Mitt Romney's campaign as a foreign policy spokesman, resigned today. Grenell's hiring made news less than two weeks ago, because Grenell is openly gay.
The Post adds:
"Pieces in two conservative publications, the National Review and Daily Caller, reflected the uproar by some social conservatives over the appointment.
"In the National Review, Matthew J. Franck wrote late last week: 'Suppose Barack Obama comes out — as Grenell wishes he would — in favor of same-sex marriage in his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention. How fast and how publicly will Richard Grenell decamp from Romney to Obama?'"
