(WA) State's gay Republicans fine with McCain

[canis_lupus]

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.html

I 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 ... that way.

[Moloch]

1. But mccain WOULD try to quash our civil liberties...

This is someone who not only voted against adding sexual orientation to the definition of hate crimes (even though sexual orientation is the second-highest category of hate crime victims) but he also voted for job discrimination against gay people.

He's also in favor of "Don't Ask-Don't Tell."

Clearly, he's not someone this gay person would EVER consider voting for.

We can publicize this everywhere.. but fundies are either going to vote for mccain or stay home on election day. mccain has spent the last few years coddling them.. to the point of changing his own religion and most of them do what foxnews tells them rather than think on their own so they will fall into line. The problem is getting Democrats to fall in line against mccain..

[Scooter24]

2. The only gay republicans I know are

very wealthy people- successful men who for the most part are single and are more worried about their businesses and investments than whether or not they can marry or whether a woman has the right to choose. These are quite selfish individuals.