Former Duke Republicans Chair Leaves Party

[Ian David]

Former Duke Republicans Chair Leaves Party

Justin Robinette says he was impeached as chairman of Duke University's College Republicans because he is gay — a claim school officials and the Log Cabin Republicans say is unsubstantiated.
By Andrew Harmon

The ousted chairman of Duke University’s College Republicans chapter has disaffiliated himself with the Party after what he alleges was a vicious campaign earlier this month to remove him from the group’s executive board as a result of his sexual orientation.

In a Saturday e-mail, Robinette, a 21-year-old junior at the university, also resigned from his position as co-chair of the North Carolina Federation of College Republicans, citing his impeachment from the Duke group and the media attention that followed as the motivating factor.

“{F}ollowing much moral reflection, talks with my family, friends, administrators, and helpful allies at Duke, I cannot in good faith serve the Republican Party of North Carolina at the state level,” Robinette wrote. “Please consider this my courteous resignation from the North Carolina Federation of College Republicans and the last of any correspondence with the same organization, my disaffiliation with the College Republicans, as well as with the Republican Party.”

First elected chairman of the Duke College Republicans last year when he was a sophomore, Robinette claims that he was subject to antigay harassment beginning earlier this year, when members of the executive board made offensive and graphic comments about gays in front of Robinette and a gay male friend. “I asked them to stop, and when they asked me why, I told them that my friend is gay and that I am gay as well,” Robinette told The Advocate.

More:
http://www.advocate.com/News/News_Features/Former_Duke_College_Republicans_Chair_Leaves_Party/

So, it looks like he's leaving The GOP, but may still support Republicans on a national level?


See prior thread:

Duke GOP club leader says ouster is due to his sexuality
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=221x158809

[Toasterlad]

1. My Sympathies For Any Gay Person Who Alligns Themselves With the GOP Are Marginal At Best

When you lie down with dogs, Justin, you wake up with dog shit in your mouth. You only have yourself to blame. You should have the good grace not to whine about what you should have known was inevitable.

[foxfeet]

2. +1

[Touchdown]

3. There are much more enjoyable ways of being punished than joining the GOP.

He needs to find a Master.;)