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Soon after top conservative organizations threatened to leave the GOP if the party did not actively oppose marriage equality, the Republican National Committee unanimously voted to oppose same-sex marriage in its platform.

Former presidential candidate Rick Santorum said if the Republican Party supports gay marriage it would be "suicidal."

That’s one among a Republican National Committee survey’s many odd questions that’s yet another sign that the Grand Old Party is trying not to be so, well, old.

Lady Gaga apparently turned down a $1 million offer to perform at the Republican National Convention last August.

In the wake of what looks like a Supreme Court slam dunk, Fox News audience favorite Bill O’Reilly in his own inimitable way, joined the flood of senior politicians rushing to join the marriage-equality bandwagon.

In an interview with Fox News, Mitt Romney says he still opposes gay marriage and that he believes marriage should be defined as a union between one man and one woman. Surprised?

In an interesting move, officials from CPAC have excluded two conservative gay organizations from attending the annual GOP event.

Former First Lady Laura Bush announced Wednesday that she wants to be removed from a gay marriage ad campaign that uses a clip of her on CNN supporting marriage equality.

Will the party of Lincoln come to its sense, or will it sink into crotchety senescence? Post-election, the question remains.

The nation spoke on Tuesday and made history by electing out Democratic politicians but not two openly gay members of the GOP: one running for mayor of San Diego; the other for Congress from Massachusetts.