Category Archives: The gays and republicans

Santorum Aiming for Presidency?

August 12, 2009 – 11:47 am

Looks like Rick Santorum is prepared to reinvigorate his raging homophobia in the hopes of getting into the White House. From Politico:
POLITICO has learned Santorum will visit first-in-the-nation Iowa this fall for a series of appearances before the sort of conservative activists who dominate the state GOP’s key presidential caucuses.
The Pennsylvanian, who lost his 2006 [...]

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Could the GOP come around on gay marriage?

April 29, 2009 – 8:58 am

From The New York Times:
It was only five years ago that opposition to gay marriage was so strong that Republicans explicitly turned to the issue as a way to energize conservative voters. Yet today, as the party contemplates the task of rebuilding itself, some Republicans say the issue of gay marriage may be turning into [...]

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America’s greatest threat? Terrorism? Economic Collapse? Nope, it’s the…

February 18, 2009 – 10:54 pm

GAYS. We are, according to Utah Senator Chris Buttars, the worlds greatest evil. This comes on the heels of several gay rights bills being voted down in Utah. From the Deseret News:
Sen. Chris Buttars believes gays and lesbians are “the greatest threat to America going down,” comparing members of the LGBT community to radical Muslims.
“I believe they [...]

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Queerty picks the brain of a gay-friendly republican

December 18, 2008 – 10:23 am

It’s worth reading.
The Republican Party has always been, or at least billed as, the “crusader” of limited government intervention and intrusion, which is why I’m baffled we’ve recently adopted this troubling gay-hostile rhetoric by way of appeasing a fraction of the “base.”

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