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Conservative Gays

"Don't assume your freedoms are assured." --Unknown

Recognizing that not all GLBT people have (or should have) the same point of view and that "gay Republican" is as much an oxymoron as "religious Democrat", thus lies the impetus for this thread. Since neither the GLBT media or the mainstream media pick up on this topic except as a conversation piece every three months or so in a biennial election cycle, it is expected that this thread will generate a minimum of story hits. Nonetheless, it is important that there be some sort of indexing for this topic. Note that keywords were chosen to be as inclusive as possible, yet topical. Ideally, this thread will recognize that not all conservative GLBT persons are Republican or that all GLBT people who are Republicans are Log Cabin Republican members.

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  • October 2008

    • Deputy Admits Gay Affair With Austrian Rightist

      Times (UK)  |  Oct 23, 08 10:08 AM CDT

      Deputy Admits Gay Affair With Austrian Rightist

      (Newser) - The successor of the Austrian far-right leader Jörg Haider lost his position yesterday after admitting that he had a sexual relationship with the firebrand politician, who died in a car crash last week. "He was the man of my life. Our relationship went far beyond friendship," said the 27-year-old Stefan Petzner, who was president of the Alliance for the Future of Austria for just one week. More »

  • February 2008

    • Gay Republicans Flock To McCain on Giuliani Exit

      New York Sun  |  Feb 1, 08

      Gay Republicans Flock To McCain on Giuliani Exit - February 1, 2008 - The New York Sun: Many GLBT persons who saw former New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani as the most acceptable--and accepting--2008 GOP Presidential candidate were forced to look for an alternative when Mr Giuliani withdrew his candidacy. For many, that alternative is the candidate Giuliani himself chose to endorse.

  • November 2007

    • GOP Gays Feel Party Has Strayed

      Reuters  |  Nov 2, 07 6:29 PM CDT

      GOP Gays Feel Party Has Strayed

      (Newser) - Log Cabin Republicans are growing in number, but they’re also growing in frustration that the Grand Old Party is abandoning fiscal prudence for social extremism. Claiming 20,000 members in 40 chapters, the 30-year-old gay conservative group says the Republican platform will lose its relevance unless it looks beyond the obsessions of the religious right and focuses on limiting government, Reuters reports. More »

  • August 2007

    • Cruising Senator Has Been Tough on Gay Rights

      Carpetbagger Report Blog  |  Aug 28, 07 1:07 PM CDT

      Cruising Senator Has Been Tough on Gay Rights

      (Newser) - Idaho's outed senator has long wielded his political power against gay rights, and gay advocates, having heard whispers for years, have been keeping track. Larry Craig, whose arrest for cruising in a Minneapolis airport bathroom was made public yesterday, opposes civil unions, gays in the military, and the extension of hate crime law to prosecute violence based on sexual orientation, the Carpetbagger Report says. More »

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Tour guides Zoe Johnson, left, and Kaitlin Davis walk from the cabin that recreates a tavern and courtroom from the era of the American Revolutionary War in Hanna's Town, Pa., Friday, Aug. 3, 2007. In...   (AP Photo)
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