[bassmaner]

Horowitz is right on the money about this -- if Bible-thumpers like Bauer and others are successful in excluding mainstream gays from the GOP, they're leaving the door wide open for the 'Rats and their mainstream media allies to smear the Pubbies as "homophobic" and "intolerant".

Being inclusive of different lifestyles and supporting "special rights" are 2 different things - Horowitz correctly makes the distinction. And Horowitz is certainly no champion of the leftist "gay agenda" -- he devoted an entire chapter in "The Politics of Bad Faith" to criticism of politically-correct public policy which refuses to acknowledge the correlation between the more perverted aspects of the gay lifestyle to the rise of AIDS cases.

Smart Republicans will heed David's advice on this issue and ignore the pleas of Bible-thumping ideologues.

[skeeter]

Perhaps more would be inclined to listen to your sage advise on being 'inclusive' without the christian bashing epithets.