What is your opinion on g*y Republicans (USA)?

Question

Log Cabin Republicans is an organization of g*y Republicans. They support the legalization of g*y marriage, but on most issues they're conservative. They agree with a strong defense budget to secure and defend America, they are for low taxes, limited government, free market, personal responsibility, individual liberty, and they’re against amnesty for illegal immigrants. Many Republicans in California, including governor Arnold Schwarzenegger support the group.

Many g*y Americans would never dream of being a Republican for obvious reasons but if more g*y people encouraged Republican politicians that legalizing g*y marriage is true freedom for all Americans, they could possibly help reform the Republican party. If most Republicans weren’t basing half of their beliefs on religious b/s then I would probably be a Republican because I agree with many of their policies with the exception of the right wing religious propaganda. It would be nice to have the option of choosing between two political parties, but most g*y Americans feel forced to vote for Democrats, or not vote at all. So do you think Log Cabin Republicans can make a difference, or do you think they’re just stupid?

Answer 1

I suppose they put other issues above the issue of g*y rights.

As for your other question, no I don't believe they will make a difference. As long as the religious fundamentalists run the party there is no chance anything they say will matter.

Answer 2

They have higher priorities than g*y rights I guess

Answer 3

Of course, people are free to hold whatever beliefs they like, and vote for whomever they please.  It's a free country.

I've always had trouble understanding the g*y republican (or conservative in Canada).  After all, the more powerful people within these parties view g**s as a problem, not as a group of people.  Consider the AIDS crisis at its start back in the '80's:  imagine how much more quickly research progress could have been made if Reagan had allocated more public funds towards studying AIDS.  But AIDS was a disease primarily of g*y men, and the thinking was, is it really such a bad thing if g*y men are dying off anyway?

I'm not keen on partisan politics.  But I'm partisan enough to not want to vote for people who would prefer that I just go away and die.  These log cabin types are not stupid, just weak.

Answer 4

I don't think they're "just stupid."  Right now President Bush has made it even more difficult for g*y people to like Republicans, let alone vote for one.  I've voted Republican before and am generally conservative about many issues.  But it's harder and harder to vote for the person, not for the party.  That said, I think people should know who they are voting for rather than blindly voting for one party.  So what if they split their ticket when they vote, as long as it's a vote for the best person?

Answer 5

I think they can, I mean Cheney's daughter is a homosexual.  I think Republicans do get the whole g*y marriage thing even though some of us aren't willing to confront it.

Answer 6

Aren't most republicans closet freaks anyways?

No I don't support hypocrites but other g*y people might have other political interests. I don't know. It just seems anti-fubu to me.