A dishonest book claims Lincoln as the first log cabin Republican THE NOTION that Abraham Lincoln had homosexual A dishonest book claims Lincoln as the first log cabin Republicanexperiences is hardly new. All the way back in 1924, Carl Sandburg's bestselling biography winked at Lincoln's "streak of lavender and spots soft as May violets." And more explicit versions of the idea have appeared in the years since--as signaled by "Log Cabin Republicans," the name chosen by gay members of the GOP for their advocacy group. But the attempt to use this "Gay Lincoln Theory," making the sixteenth president an icon...