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This has been on my mind for some time but an article I recently came across has spurred me to create this thread now.
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/10/09/log-cabin-republicans-mull-options/http://progressivegrae.newsvine.com...cabin-republicans-mull-options-addicting-info
For many years, the Log Cabin Republicans have faced a choice between bad and bad. Neither political party supported gay rights. In the elections, none of the candidates ever had a pro-equality platform. Clinton signed DOMA into law. Kerry opposed marriage equality. Gore was mum on the issue. The GOP might have been anti-gay, but the Democratic party was not showing any support for the issue either.
2012 became an all new ballgame. For the first time, a major political party platform includes not only a positive message on homosexuality, it embraced marriage equality without reservation. Rather than hand out scraps to the community, the Democratic Party pulled out a chair to welcome homosexuals to the table as full equals.
The Republican Party candidate for president, Mitt Romney, has done the opposite. While in 1994, he was an unapologetic supporter of gay rights, he now stands in opposition to it. His party’s platform comes down against equal rights across the board, but hits hardest on the gay community. Judging by his speeches and the language he uses, it is clear that he wants homosexuals, any minority really, to stay firmly in the closet.
And the Log Cabin Republicans now find themselves in a bad situation. The Republican party is clear, they don’t want them. The Democratic party however has made it clear that they are welcome. The Log Cabin Republicans have not as of yet endorsed either presidential candidate, and it is possible that party bosses will force them into line to endorse the candidate who has pledged to remove their rights, but the shift is already happening.
I would like to ask all the gay Republicans on here why they joined the Republican Party. My best friend is a LCR and he has never been able to give me an answer other than he is a Republicn because all of his family are also Republicans.
What would make someone join a party that clearly states that they are less than equal? Not looking to argue..just wanna understand what the attraction is:smile:
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/10/09/log-cabin-republicans-mull-options/http://progressivegrae.newsvine.com...cabin-republicans-mull-options-addicting-info
For many years, the Log Cabin Republicans have faced a choice between bad and bad. Neither political party supported gay rights. In the elections, none of the candidates ever had a pro-equality platform. Clinton signed DOMA into law. Kerry opposed marriage equality. Gore was mum on the issue. The GOP might have been anti-gay, but the Democratic party was not showing any support for the issue either.
2012 became an all new ballgame. For the first time, a major political party platform includes not only a positive message on homosexuality, it embraced marriage equality without reservation. Rather than hand out scraps to the community, the Democratic Party pulled out a chair to welcome homosexuals to the table as full equals.
And the Log Cabin Republicans now find themselves in a bad situation. The Republican party is clear, they don’t want them. The Democratic party however has made it clear that they are welcome. The Log Cabin Republicans have not as of yet endorsed either presidential candidate, and it is possible that party bosses will force them into line to endorse the candidate who has pledged to remove their rights, but the shift is already happening.
I would like to ask all the gay Republicans on here why they joined the Republican Party. My best friend is a LCR and he has never been able to give me an answer other than he is a Republicn because all of his family are also Republicans.
What would make someone join a party that clearly states that they are less than equal? Not looking to argue..just wanna understand what the attraction is:smile:
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