I bet Rudy was dressed to kill for this event.
DENVER - Rudy Giuliani emerged as a favorite among many members of the GOP‘s largest gay organization, who cited his record on social issues, taxes and defense.
However, delegates to the Log Cabin Republicans annual convention said Friday they also fear that the former New York mayor, in his bid to capture the Republican presidential nomination, might be waffling as he reaches out to the more conservative GOP voters who hold sway in the primaries.
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With a record of supporting abortion rights, Giuliani said "it would be OK" if the Supreme Court upholds the 1973 Roe v. Wade Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion. "It would be OK to repeal it. It would be OK also if a strict constructionist viewed it as precedent," he said.
Former Republican Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming, the event‘s keynote speaker, agreed. He told the group of about 200 that he thinks the party is in a better place than it was after delving into issues like the Terri Schiavo case and gay marriage.
Giuliani emerging as favorite of gays
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During a recent fund-raiser for the Terry Schindler Schiavo Foundation at Rootstown's Northeast Ohio Universities College of Medicine, I had the privilege of hearing Dr. Raymond Bonnabeau, a St. Paul, Minn., cardio-thoracic surgeon and retired U.S. Army major general, speak to a group of community members about the importance of having advocates when facing medical treatment.
A surgeon for 48 years, Bonnabeau recalled that medical morality and ethics "shifted" with the first heart transplant in 1967. With that breakthrough, doctors "had to deal with patients who were going to be donors," losing their lives in the process, as well as the surviving family members.
Bonnabeau said he takes issue with the practice of hospitals calling their patients "clients" and "consumers:" "They're not there to buy a pair of shoes and a car!" he said.
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