[Secret Agent Man]

besides, homosexuals are hardly conservative. at best they are only fiscal conservatives. by definition they are all socially liberal. so we’re dealing with homosexual rinos, essentially. who needs to beg for more rinos?

gays are about 1% of the population. a tiny fraction of that 1% are fiscal conservatives, all by their lifestyle are socially liberal. to kowtow to such a small demographic is not rational.

[highball]

gays are about 1% of the population.

And that 1% have families, co-workers and friends. That means people who know gays, who call them friend, cousin, neighbor, brother or sister, are far more than 1%. We can't afford to drive those people away with before they've even heard our message.

People who support gay rights are also more than 1% of the population. In the United States, they're more than 51% of the population. To ignore such a demographic is truly not rational.

Besides, we're better than that. Leave the childish namecalling to the liberals. Our strength is ideas, but nobody will hear those ideas if we preface them with slurs.