Ryan has been the Republican vice presidential nominee for nearly three months, and has still not found the time to explain how a Romney administration would fund its tax plan of 20 percent deductions across the board.
While 144 Members of Congress have sponsored or co-sponsored at least one of anti-gay proposal, seven signed on to five or more of the pro-discrimination measures.
Calls for Buchanan's firing had been loud and growing, following years of controversial, offensive and bigoted statements made by Buchanan without apology or remorse.