--Sophie B. Hawkins to Michael Steele, redeeming herself after performing at last night's GOProud party at CPAC. His response? "Well, she's very attractive."
Read Dave Weigel's take on the partying gay Republicans here.
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Friday, February 11, 2011
Quote of the Day
--Sophie B. Hawkins to Michael Steele, redeeming herself after performing at last night's GOProud party at CPAC. His response? "Well, she's very attractive."
Read Dave Weigel's take on the partying gay Republicans here.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Have Gay Rights Become a Wedge Issue for Republicans?
For years, the GOP has exploited fear and ignorance of gay people and used it as a wedge issue to get out the vote. This tactic reached it's zenith in 2004, but it never went away (see De Mint, Senator). Now that public opinion has swung to our side and large majorities of Americans support legal recognition of our relationships, there are signs that the Republicans are trying to back away from their anti-gay past. I don't mean to imply that the GOP will become gay-friendly anytime soon, but some are recognizing that anti-gay rhetoric has a shelf life that's about to expire. Witness, for example, the 8 Republican Senators who voted for Don't Ask/Don't Tell repeal.
The latest manifestation of this phenomenon is gay GOP group GOProud's participation in the upcoming CPAC conference as an official sponsor. This is their second year sponsoring the confab and it's causing a riff in the conservative movement. A number of conservative groups, including SPLC certified hate group The Family Research Counsel, and the National Organization for Marriage, have drawn a "line in the sand" over GOProud and refuse to participate as long asthose dirty fags this organization which does not share their conservative principles of family and faith are allowed to participate. Jonathan Rauch of the Independent Gay Forum has written an interesting piece on this growing rift on the right:
"Here’s the problem: conservatives’ hostility to homosexuality isolates them politically from the rest of the public, and the anti-gay consensus is fracturing even on the right (44 percent of Republicans say homosexuality should be accepted by society).
Translation: an issue which once divided and dispirited the Democratic coalition while uniting and energizing conservatives now cuts the other way. It’s a wedge issue against the right. Not just temporarily, either."
Read the rest here.
It's interesting that Maggie Gallagher's NOM has chosen to join this boycott. She endlessly claims that NOM is not anti-gay, just pro-marriage. Yet GOProud doesn't support marriage equality. They are gay Republicans who do not take a position on marriage other than the belief that it's a state issue. Once again, NOM has revealed itself as purely anti-gay and not pro anything.
The latest manifestation of this phenomenon is gay GOP group GOProud's participation in the upcoming CPAC conference as an official sponsor. This is their second year sponsoring the confab and it's causing a riff in the conservative movement. A number of conservative groups, including SPLC certified hate group The Family Research Counsel, and the National Organization for Marriage, have drawn a "line in the sand" over GOProud and refuse to participate as long as
"Here’s the problem: conservatives’ hostility to homosexuality isolates them politically from the rest of the public, and the anti-gay consensus is fracturing even on the right (44 percent of Republicans say homosexuality should be accepted by society).
Translation: an issue which once divided and dispirited the Democratic coalition while uniting and energizing conservatives now cuts the other way. It’s a wedge issue against the right. Not just temporarily, either."
Read the rest here.
It's interesting that Maggie Gallagher's NOM has chosen to join this boycott. She endlessly claims that NOM is not anti-gay, just pro-marriage. Yet GOProud doesn't support marriage equality. They are gay Republicans who do not take a position on marriage other than the belief that it's a state issue. Once again, NOM has revealed itself as purely anti-gay and not pro anything.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
More CPAC Gayness
Remember Ryan Sorba, whose anti-gay douschebaggery got him booed off-stage at the conservative freak-fest CPAC? An openly gay conservative named Alex Knepper had a post-rant conversation with Sorba that was quite revealing. An excerpt:
"So what did you think of my little tirade, then?”
“Oh, I thought it was quite evil, actually. I’m gay.”
“You mean you think you’re gay.”
“No, I’m gay. Do you think it’s a choice?”
“I think it’s the result of a complex process of social and environmental factors, but that it’s reversible.”
“So, like, why is it that over one hundred animals have been observed engaging in homosexual sex in nature?”
“Well, only 0.2% of animals are known to do that — ”
” — I mean, mammals, obviously, not ants, birds — ”
” — you know, animals masturbate, your dog humps your leg. Does your dog talk with a lisp?”
“Do I talk with a lisp?!” I yelled.
“A little bit.” (I later asked a couple of gay friends if I have a small lisp; both of them said I have no lisp whatsoever. Aron, who is straight, has said my voice is sometimes theatrical, but that I don’t have a lisp.)
“Rudy Giuliani has a lisp — is he gay?”
Read the whole thing here. Then check out this video from GOProud, the far-right gay Republican group:
I am no fan of gay Republicans and do not understand how a gay person can associate himself with the GOP, but I have to say I'm glad they were there. Between Sorba being booed off-stage and NOM getting totally served by a bunch of queers, CPAC has turned into a gay public relations bonanza.
"So what did you think of my little tirade, then?”
“Oh, I thought it was quite evil, actually. I’m gay.”
“You mean you think you’re gay.”
“No, I’m gay. Do you think it’s a choice?”
“I think it’s the result of a complex process of social and environmental factors, but that it’s reversible.”
“So, like, why is it that over one hundred animals have been observed engaging in homosexual sex in nature?”
“Well, only 0.2% of animals are known to do that — ”
” — I mean, mammals, obviously, not ants, birds — ”
” — you know, animals masturbate, your dog humps your leg. Does your dog talk with a lisp?”
“Do I talk with a lisp?!” I yelled.
“A little bit.” (I later asked a couple of gay friends if I have a small lisp; both of them said I have no lisp whatsoever. Aron, who is straight, has said my voice is sometimes theatrical, but that I don’t have a lisp.)
“Rudy Giuliani has a lisp — is he gay?”
Read the whole thing here. Then check out this video from GOProud, the far-right gay Republican group:
I am no fan of gay Republicans and do not understand how a gay person can associate himself with the GOP, but I have to say I'm glad they were there. Between Sorba being booed off-stage and NOM getting totally served by a bunch of queers, CPAC has turned into a gay public relations bonanza.
Friday, February 19, 2010
GOProud at CPAC
CNN reported on gay Republican group GOProud, which is co-sponsoring the CPAC conference, currently meeting in DC. Watch if you have a strong stomach for ignorance and hate:
Note the friendly handshake with representatives of the hate group NOM. Note also the so-called young, gay-friendly conservative woman who said there's an attitude among those under 40 that people have a right to do what they want in their private lives "and take the consequences, too." Consequences? What are the consequences of being gay, open-minded conservative lady? Just what does that mean? You don't care if we sodomize each other in private as long as we die young and burn in hell?
Note the friendly handshake with representatives of the hate group NOM. Note also the so-called young, gay-friendly conservative woman who said there's an attitude among those under 40 that people have a right to do what they want in their private lives "and take the consequences, too." Consequences? What are the consequences of being gay, open-minded conservative lady? Just what does that mean? You don't care if we sodomize each other in private as long as we die young and burn in hell?
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