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The Pink Elephant in the Room: Eyes on Gay Republican Candidates
Reason ^ | 07/17/2014 | Scott Shackford

Posted on 07/22/2014 9:41:05 AM PDT by thetallguy24

The existence of gay Republicans is hardly a new phenomenon. The Log Cabin Republicans, an organization for gay men and women within the party, was founded back in 1977 in California. But every so often, the existence of gay conservatives gets media attention, particularly during election cycles.

In more recent years, gay conservatives have been getting more attention as the Republican Party struggles with its identity. American opinion has shifted significantly to support top issues among gays and lesbians, particularly in support of marriage recognition. Support for gay marriage among evangelical Christians has doubled over the past decade, according to one poll. The Republican Party has declared the primacy of heterosexual marriage even in its most recent presidential platform, but it's hard to visualize how the Republican Party will be able to sustain any position that can remotely be called anti-gay moving forward. This ambiguity about what the Republican Party might look like five years from now is not just about the relationship between the party and religious conservatives.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2014midterms; gop; homosexual; homosexualagenda; howtostealanelection; lavendermafia; libertarians; libertines; marriage; pinkjournalism; politics; rinos; scottshackford; thirdpartyof3percent
I miss the good ol' days when the gays only came out at night.


1 posted on 07/22/2014 9:41:05 AM PDT by thetallguy24
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To: thetallguy24

Reason.

Probably one of the most mis-named publications of all time.


2 posted on 07/22/2014 9:54:38 AM PDT by ifinnegan
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To: thetallguy24

The “gay” Republicans I know don’t use their sexual preferences to define who they are.They do not use their gay exhibitionism as a crutch to beat people over the head.


3 posted on 07/22/2014 10:00:54 AM PDT by lucky american (Progressives are attacking our rights and y'all will sit there and take it.)
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To: thetallguy24
Lindsey Graham photo: Lindsey Graham senlindseygraham.jpg
4 posted on 07/22/2014 10:01:54 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: lucky american

The “gay” Republicans I know don’t use their sexual preferences to define who they are.

I don’t know any carefree Republicans!!!


5 posted on 07/22/2014 10:14:12 AM PDT by tallyhoe
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To: thetallguy24

I know that the first-mentioned candidate (of three), Carl DeMaio, does not play up his sexual orientation. He’s not closeted/ doesn’t utterly avoid mention of it, but I was relieved to see that the issue is barely a blip on his campaign tracker. It’s all about cutting spending/ regulation and letting businesses create jobs, etc.


6 posted on 07/22/2014 11:45:25 AM PDT by pogo101
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I find this rather interesting. Republican are supposed to be small, non-intrusive govt and all. So, it seems to me that the game plan should be to have them say, “ you are asking us to make a decision where we have no business making a decision”. I’d like to see the press tied up in knots with a response like that. We need to make comments to irriate them and throw them off their game plan. The best way to do that is to irriate them.


7 posted on 07/22/2014 12:08:35 PM PDT by Cyclone59 (Where are we going, and what's with the handbasket?)
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To: pogo101

I find this rather interesting. Republican are supposed to be small, non-intrusive govt and all. So, it seems to me that the game plan should be to have them say, “ you are asking us to make a decision where we have no business making a decision”. I’d like to see the press tied up in knots with a response like that. We need to make comments to irriate them and throw them off their game plan. The best way to do that is to irriate them.


8 posted on 07/22/2014 12:09:04 PM PDT by Cyclone59 (Where are we going, and what's with the handbasket?)
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To: Cyclone59

Courts have no business making those decisions either


9 posted on 07/22/2014 12:10:44 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: thetallguy24

So now GOP stands for Gay Old Party.


10 posted on 07/22/2014 12:11:26 PM PDT by dfwgator
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