Commentator Ann Coulter delivers remarks to the Conservative Political Action conference (CPAC) in Washington, February 12, 2011.
Posted on 08/11/2011 11:19:48 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Conservative author and commentator Ann Coulter is joining the advisory council of GOProud, a conservative organization comprised primarily of homosexuals. In a statement released on Tuesday, GOProud said that Coulter is now an “honorary chair” of its advisory council and her official title will be “Gay Icon.”
"Ann Coulter is a brilliant and fearless leader of the conservative movement; we are honored to have her as part of GOProud's leadership," board Chairman Christopher Barron proclaimed in the statement. “Ann helped put our organization on the map. Politics is full of the meek, the compromising and the apologists – Ann, like GOProud, is the exact opposite of all of these things. We need more Ann Coulters.”
Coulter is scheduled to headline the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Fla., this September. However, her honorary board position seems to be in direct opposition to CPAC’s parent group, the American Conservative Union (ACU), who recently voted against formally inviting GOProud to its 2012 conference.
Coulter is scheduled to headline the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Fla., this September. However, her honorary board position seems to be in direct opposition to CPAC’s parent group, the American Conservative Union (ACU), who recently voted against formally inviting GOProud to its 2012 conference.
Coulter, an outspoken conservative, has been an active participant in prior CPAC events. She has spoken out against same-sex marriage and recently said in an appearance on Joy Behar’s talk show that she believed what is known as “reparative therapy,” works in some cases and that the military should be comprised of only heterosexual males.
Coulter describes herself as a lifelong Republican and has documented her disagreement with Democrats over social issues in her books and various speeches.
ACU declined to reveal the vote count to The Christian Post. However, Tom Minnery, executive director of Focus on the Family affiliate CitizenLink, said, "It was a very substantial vote, I understand, in favor of the action that was taken."
Minnery said GOProud is fundamentally incompatible with conservatives because of its support for same-sex marriage.
"The definition of marriage is so central to a traditional understanding of what family is that having them as participants in the conference seemed to be at odds with the goals of the conservative movement," he said.
Last year, Coulter told attendees at GOProud's Homocon that she does not support same-sex marriage and that they do not have a "civil right" to marry.
Coulter, who also proclaimed she is a "conservative Christian," maintained her opposition to same-sex marriage during an interview on C-SPAN 2: Book TV last Sunday. She also told the C-SPAN host that many of her fans are homosexual and that she believes homosexuals' interests align with those of the Republican Party.
"Gays are a demographic group that has one of the highest incomes in America. They are victims of crimes. The Muslims don't think to highly of them. So, basically the entire Republican platform is fighting the some causes any sane gay person should care about," she shared.
She also defended GOProud, saying it does not have a position on same-sex marriage.
"They used to have a position in favor of gay marriage," Coulter said of GOProud.
However, she asserted, "They don't care about marriage. Gays talk about gay marriage because they think [Republican approval of same-sex marriage] will prove we like them and so I just tell them, 'we like you. We just don't like gay marriage.'"
But Minnery told The Christian Post, "They (GOProud) gave a number of interviews last year about their opposition to [traditional] marriage."
Despite her opposition to same-sex marriage, Coulter issued a statement approving her new role on the group's board.
"I am honored to serve in this capacity on GOProud's Advisory Council, and look forward to being the queen of fabulous," she said.
Coulter joins other noted conservatives on GOProud’s advisory board. They include: Margaret Hoover, Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform, Andrew Breitbart, Liz Mair, Chuck Muth, former CPAC director Lisa De Pasquale, Christian Josi, Republican strategist Roger Stone, Andrew Langer, Kathryn Serkes and Bob Carlstrom.
The Christian Post repeatedly attempted to contact the ACU for a statement on Coulter's affiliation with GOProud but did not receive a response.
Scratching head.
Always wondered about that big Adams Apple, ya know ;-)
Breitbart and Coulter. A real shame.
Maybe they don’t understand that the role of GOProud is NOT to convert gay people to conservatism, but to convert conservatism to the gay agenda. Because that is precisely what GOPround has been doing.
These are two very bright and competent people. I don’t know why on earth they are doing this.
Maybe not openly and maybe not now.
"That's a man, baby!"
I’m pretty sure Ann’s advice to the gays will be “Get help.”
“These are two very bright and competent people. I don’t know why on earth they are doing this.”
On the contrary that is why they are doing this. We need their votes too and if we can deliver them we should. There are a lot of gay Conservatives(no I am not one of them) and we should recognize that and work with them.So long as they dont try to stick it down my throat I don’t care what they do in private.
seen this yesterday. still grieving...
Take away the homosexual agenda in our schools, and the gay marriage issue, and there is no more reason for a minority group of GOP homosexuals to whine at conservatives, or wheel and deal on positions.
She figures that if she's in the group, their donations will drop.
Maybe her goal is to divide the gay lobby? Who knows?
I’d feel better about this if her title were “Official Un-Gayifier”
I doubt any of us care “what they do in private”, but forcing homosexual indoctrination on school children through classes extolling the virtues of sexual deviancy and forcing our government to become complicit in affirming and support same sex “marriage” and calling for hate-crimes for those who don’t agree with them is not “in private”.
I doubt any of us care “what they do in private”, but forcing homosexual indoctrination on school children through classes extolling the virtues of sexual deviancy and forcing our government to become complicit in affirming and support same sex “marriage” and calling for hate-crimes for those who don’t agree with them is not “in private”.
It doesn't make sense. If she is against gay marriage, why would they want her on their board. And why would she want to help them.
Maybe she is going in their as a mole. Or maybe if we get enough people on their board, we can change the name to GOPleaseSeekHelp.
Evidently you missed what they did at CPAC. There is a reason they were kicked out and it wasn’t because they were gay. It was because they were launching personal attacks against conservative organizations that had done more for the cause of conservatism then they ever had. In addition they were heckling conservative speakers along with the Ron Paul groupies. This group has done little to nothing to advance conservatsism. They were getting a free ride just because they called themselves conservative and used that entry to attack actual conservative warriors.
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