The log cabin is a tricky place -- gay Republicans often must temper their party allegiance or risk self-ostracizing. Thanks to Washington's civil union bill signed March 12, however, conservative gay partners not only have a host of new rights but a new lease on their vote come November.
Rudy Giuliani began as the obvious favorite among Log Cabin Republicans, a gay wing of the Republican Party. Unafraid of rooming with a gay couple -- as he did following the separation from his second wife -- or dressing in drag, the sexually confident former mayor was supported by many of the party's gay members.
Then White House aspirations started looking viable, and Giuliani did an about-face redolent of Dick Cheney. Having signed a 1997 bill granting rights to domestic partners in New York, Giuliani came out last year against New Hampshire's law allowing same-sex civil unions. Log Cabin backing petered off, and Giuliani ended up withdrawing from the race. With no other party candidate in support of gay rights, Sen. Barack Obama appeared the only semi-palatable alternative.
Still Obama and his politics of change are not what many on the right -- gay or otherwise -- are looking for. A conservative in the Oval Office, one who would not quash gay liberties, would be ideal. Washington's gay Republicans should thus feel free to vote for Sen. John McCain.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/358749_firstperson14.htmlI think we should do all that we can to publicize this. Nothing will scare the fundies out of the voting booth quicker than reminding them that their candidate is OK with people who are ... you know ...
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