While Rice is a member of the Republican Party, this is largely in name only. She is an abortion advocate<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/she-the-people/post/condoleezza-rice-let-the-abortion-backlash-begin/2012/07/13/gJQAwIqBiW_blog.html</ref> and while she has not expressed support for same-sex "marriage", she is willing to support civil unions.<ref>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0712/78489.html</ref> She supports homosexuals serving in the military.<ref>http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/15/condoleezza-rice-on-dadt-libya-and-donald-rumsfelds-criticism/</ref>