Gay Republicans split (insert own jokes)

Politico ^ | 04/10/09 | Ben Smith

[Big_Monkey]

A dissident faction of gay conservatives is launching a rival group to the traditional voice of gay Republicans: the Log Cabin Republicans.

GOPROUD, the new 527 group, will launch next week, according to a media advisory. The contact given for the group is Christopher Barron, a former Log Cabin political director who broke with the group.

"Essentially, there's no voice for gay Republicans or gay conservatives in particular in D.C. right now. Log Cabin has been completely and totally absent here in D.C. for months and months," Barron said. "It has simply moved way too far to the left and is basically indistinguishable from any other gay left organization."

The ideological battle has been playing out in the gay media and on some blogs for a while, spurred in part by the Blade's revelation that the Log Cabin Republicans' biggest backer is a prominent Democrat, Tim Gill. Their complaint, in general, is that Log Cabin has grown indistinguishable from left-leaning gay rights groups.

The blog GayPatriot has been making the case for a split and arguing that gay rights groups should make the case for same-sex marriage to a broader political spectrum.

[Jubal Madison]

You make some excellent points. Although I am opposed to gay marriage, I am all for live and let live. My limited experience with gays and lesbians around here has been they just want to be left alone. They are here for the same reasons I am - it is a nice, quiet place, and most folks don’t act like freaks. I try to judge individuals, not groups. Heck, there are even a couple of Democrats at church I really like!-JMHO—Jubal

Hope everyone has a Blessed Good Friday and Easter -
Christ Has Risen Indeed

[ViLaLuz]

Who is Roy Cohn?

[a fool in paradise]

And the Left tried to call him a fairy at one of the congressional hearings regarding Communist infiltration into the State Department and US military.