Comments on: D.C. gay Republican hosts luncheon with RNC chair http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/07/28/d-c-gay-republican-hosts-luncheon-with-rnc-chair/ the gay community's news source Thu, 23 May 2013 04:03:48 +0000 hourly 1 By: Art Dimmesdale http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/07/28/d-c-gay-republican-hosts-luncheon-with-rnc-chair/#comment-38675 Art Dimmesdale Thu, 10 Nov 2011 22:34:26 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=26870#comment-38675 Mr. Cunningham’s live-in partner Greg Nelson was recently arrested, tried and convicted of soliciting and trafficking minors across state lines for sex.

]]> By: Aaron Brundridge http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/07/28/d-c-gay-republican-hosts-luncheon-with-rnc-chair/#comment-37651 Aaron Brundridge Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:28:39 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=26870#comment-37651 Hi, I’m a gay Romney supporter and wanting to get some stickers and material to hand out. Where is the best place to get the above. Thank you

]]> By: Jon S http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/07/28/d-c-gay-republican-hosts-luncheon-with-rnc-chair/#comment-27021 Jon S Fri, 29 Jul 2011 18:52:31 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=26870#comment-27021 Uncle Tom’s (Log) Cabin.

]]> By: Gay Republicans are suckers! http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/07/28/d-c-gay-republican-hosts-luncheon-with-rnc-chair/#comment-27020 Gay Republicans are suckers! Fri, 29 Jul 2011 18:45:11 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=26870#comment-27020 If you’re a gay republican you’re an idiot. Of the many choices in todays world you might make, that has to be the most ignorant of them all. That’s as bad as a black man representing the GOP (Michael Steele). If you think you’re accepted by the conservatives you’d better think again. Oh they’ll gladly take your money but if you think they don’t call you fag behind your back you better think again. Wake up and smell the coffee. You’re working with and financially supporting your enemies that want you dead, literally. So change your beliefs before you wake up in ex-gay therapy only to find that it doesn’t work either. See a therapist because you have oppositional defiance disorder.

]]> By: Rick Rosendall http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/07/28/d-c-gay-republican-hosts-luncheon-with-rnc-chair/#comment-27001 Rick Rosendall Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:48:04 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=26870#comment-27001 It’s great that the DC GOP is gay friendly, but it has held Republicans to an awfully low bar on the issue. Back in 2004, it notoriously caved to the national party in pulling then-Republican Councilmember David Catania’s credentials as a delegate to the national convention for his criticism of President Bush, even though he had pledged to vote for him; that move drove David from the party. On March 31 of this year, right-wing nutcase Rep. Allen West (R-FL) was a keynoter at the DC GOP’s Lincoln Douglass dinner, winning a standing ovation for private school vouchers which most Washingtonians oppose but which local Republicans are apparently eager to impose on them anyway. (See http://tinyurl.com/3qq8gdx – and in case you think that’s not a gay-related issue, the religious schools that get much of the voucher money are free to discriminate against gay teachers and students, unlike D.C. Public Schools. But set aside gay-specific concerns for a moment; we cannot even get our local Republican Party leaders to respect self-determination by the District when it goes against their policy preferences.)

What possible difference is made to the treatment of gay citizens by the national Republican Party on account of some friendly private words by Reince Priebus at a $500-a-head fundraiser? Given the corruption scandals plaguing our city, I would love to see a more competitive local Republican Party; But they appear more interested in pandering to the leaders of the national party than building support among the actual local electorate, notwithstanding Rep. West’s promotion of black involvement in the party. So what do they get for it? More social invitations and a welcoming smile at the Republican Club? This is pathetic.

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