Posted on 02/20/2010 7:58:13 AM PST by Brices Crossroads
"While I was flipping through the autobiography, a woman approached the booth. Catherine Sumner, it turned out, was part of GOProud, a group of openly gay Republicans and conservatives that for the first time is taking part in CPAC. Is this your flyer? Sumner demanded, waving the white and green pamphlet. Thus launched a debate about gays in the military that pretty much ended when the booth attendee told her that homosexuality is a sin and shes going to hell.
Its insulting, Sumner, 31, who edits a military magazine, said turning away. Across the board the reaction to GOProuds presence here has been positive, but then you have guys like this. Even Dick Cheney came out and says he supports us. Conservatives have to be more inclusive, they have to be. In fact, just one group, Liberty University, boycotted CPAC over the inclusion of GOProud, though the Catholic crowd werent the only ones unnerved by their presence: one booth down from GOProuds set up in the fourth row, those manning the National Organization for Marriage, which works to ban gay marriage, kept casting nervous and slightly envious glances at the somewhat larger crowd surrounding GOProuds booth.
The tensions didnt end there. Along the back wall 2004 World Poker Champion Greg Raymer stood waiting for a talk radio interview. Focus on the Family considers poker immoral, Raymer said, gesturing towards the Focus on the Family booth down an aisle. They have no right to tell me what to do. Raymer is at CPAC representing the Poker Players Alliance..."
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Indeed: See my tagline.
“Ah....the video is now up.
And Sorba was a jerk.... and right out of the chute, too.
He asked for it and I’d have booed the little twerp as well.”
What would you have done? Politely ignored something you felt strongly about? What if they had invited a group that you thought was an anathema to conservatives? Would you just have kept your mouth shut? He had the guts to take a stand. He was blunt but not vulgar. And you call him a jerk for standing up for his beliefs. And you do so from the safety of anonymity. You sound like you want to hoist a white flag instead of a black one.
Some people are on dialup and videos are hard to watch for them. Spell it out, please.
It is the lens through which they see everything.
And I don’t mean all homosexuals but the ones pushing the agenda.
He can still read the comments.
ha ha ha!
Excellent. Like the Bugzapper thread, only this is two threads.
Harry and manc - two zots on this thread!
Crap, nothing but crap. And now, you are gone into the ethers. You and your stupid opinions.
You mean, he didn’t agree with the GOProud homosexual agenda. Good for him. They’re more rude, plus they want to remake society into Sodom and Gommorah. That’s even worse than raising one’s voice.
Pushing the homosexual agenda too much. They forget to focus on the main issue — the defeat of Obamanism.
This account has been banned or suspended.
Okay
Staff and Board |
Christopher R. Barron, Chairman of the Board Christopher R. Barron is the Chairman of the Board of GOProud. Chris is also the President of CapSouth Consulting, LLC, a full service political consulting firm. Chris has penned opinion pieces for a variety of leading political figures and members of Congress. These opinion pieces have appeared in The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Roll Call, The Hill, Politico, and other media outlets. In addition to his work for a variety of clients, Chris has an extensive personal resume of media appearances. Chris has appeared on numerous national and local television channels, including MSNBC, NBC, CBS, CNN, CNN Headline News, Fox News, and ABC News Now. Chris has also appeared in numerous print mediums nationwide, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Chicago Tribune, The Dallas Morning News, the San Francisco Chronicle and The Atlanta Journal Constitution. Chris also has appeared on a wide variety of national, regional and local radio outlets. Prior to founding CapSouth Consulting, Chris served as the national Political Director for Log Cabin Republicans where he directed the organization's federal lobbying efforts and media relations. During his legal career, Chris served as a consultant to the litigation boutique firm of Watson & Renner, in Washington, DC. At Watson & Renner, Chris worked on a variety of legal issues, including a number of corporate governance and toxic tort issues. Previously, Chris was an associate at the law firm of Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was a member of the Business & Financial Institutions Litigation Group. Chris graduated from Wake Forest University School of Law with honors. At Wake Forest, Chris was a member of the Wake Forest Law Review, was the Wake Law Faculty Scholar, and received a variety of academic awards and honors. Chris lives in Washington, D.C. with his partner Shawn. Bruce Carroll has been involved in Republican politics since he was 14 years old, growing in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He credits his Mom for becoming involved in politics and government as she worked for US Congressman Robert S. Walker (ret.) for 20 years. In addition to active involvement in Pennsylvania Republican grassroots campaigns, Bruce was elected as the youngest borough councilman in the State of Pennsylvania at the age of 21 in 1992. Bruce also served as a board member for the Philadelphia chapter of the Log Cabin Republicans in the late 1990s. In September 2004, Bruce launched the very successful gay conservative political blog - GayPatriot.org. GayPatriot was an original member of the PajamasMedia blogger network. GayPatriot receives approximately 100,000 visitors each month and has had over 2.6 million unique visitors since its launch. Bruce's work experience includes 15 years in healthcare policy and government relations in the biotechnology industry. He currently resides in Charlotte, NC and lives with his partner of 10 years, John, and their two dogs Saxby and Shadow. Saxby was named after US Senator Saxby Chambliss after his surprising electoral win in 2002. Jimmy LaSalvia, Executive Director and Member of the Board A longtime Republican activist, Jimmy LaSalvia has held volunteer and professional staff positions in Republican campaigns and party organizations in South Dakota and Kentucky, including serving on the campaign staff of former South Dakota Governor Walter D. Miller. He has also previously worked as a development officer for Kentucky Opera and as a real estate broker in Louisville, Kentucky. In 2006 he joined the national staff of Log Cabin Republicans, first as Grassroots Outreach Director then as Director of Programs & Policy. He helped to build the organization across the country and lobbied to pass pro-gay legislation in state capitols and in Washington. Jimmy was born in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and grew up in a well-traveled military family. He is a graduate of Black Hills State University in Spearfish, South Dakota.
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Very first words out of his mouth:
"Just to change the subject for a second...I'd like to condemn CPAC for bring GOPride to this event."He was rude and combative.
He starts calling members of the crowd 'enemies'.
He was a real first class jerk.
He might be a nice guy elsewhere....but I doubt it.
“GOProud promotes our traditional conservative agenda by influencing politics and policy at the federal level.”
You can stand with that statement if you want, but don’t associate Reagan with it. GOProud may stand for what CPAC calls “OUR(emphasis added) traditional conservative agenda.” It does not stand for what a genuine traditional conservative agenda is, which involves social as well as economic conservatism.
Legislative Priorities |
GOProud's Conservative Agenda
The so-called "gay agenda" is defined by the left through a narrow prism of legislative goals. While hate crimes and employment protections may be worthy goals, there are many other important priorities that receive little attention from the gay community. GOProud's agenda emphasizes conservative and libertarian principles that will improve the daily lives of all Americans, but especially gay and lesbian Americans. 1 - TAX REFORM - Death tax repeal; domestic partner tax equity, and other changes to the tax code that will provide equity for gays and lesbians; cut in the capital gains and corporate tax rates to jump start our economy and create jobs; a fairer, flatter and substantially simpler tax code. 2 - HEALTHCARE REFORM - Free market healthcare reform. Legislation that will allow for the purchase of insurance across state lines - expanding access to domestic partner benefits; emphasizing individual ownership of healthcare insurance - such a shift would prevent discriminatory practices by an employer or the government. 3 - SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM - Bringing basic fairness to the Social Security system through the creation of inheritable personal savings accounts. 4 - DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL REPEAL - Repeal of the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy. 5 - HOLDING THE LINE ON SPENDING - Standing up for all tax payers against wasteful and unneccessary spending to protect future generations from the mounting federal debt. 6 - FIGHTING GLOBAL EXTREMISTS - Standing strong against radical regimes who seek to criminalize gays and lesbians. 7 - DEFENDING OUR CONSTITUTION - Opposing any anti-gay federal marriage amendment. 8 - ENCOURAGING COMMUNITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP - Package of free market reforms to encourage and support small businesses and entrepreneurship in the gay community. 9 - REVITALIZING OUR COMMUNITIES - A package of urban related reforms; expanding historic tax preservation credits; support for school choice. 10 - DEFENDING OUR COMMUNITY - Protecting 2nd amendment rights. |
There is nothing ‘conservative’ about the homosexual agenda!!!!!!
Thanks for the explanation.
People pushing the homsoexual agenda are enemies of conservativism.
So he was perfectly correct, and if I had been there, I would have cheered him.
Curious you don’t see it that way. You want the homosexual agenda to change the conservative platform?
Would you like to tell me if there was anything in those profiles that particularly irked you?
I get it, now.
And 0bama and his band of fairies is pushing the homosexual agenda just fine without the help of Republicans pushing it too.
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