This piece follow a similar vane of and earlier article,,,the "new" GOP, what we have seen over the last 8-12 years, could give a rat's ass what public opinion has to say,,,it doesn't fit with their Dominionist ideology,,,as much as I applaud their attempts for change from within, IMHO it's going to take a mass revolt and leaving the party to make any changes,,,instead of following the party line,,,
Talking to people at the reception made me wonder at the fine, fuzzy line dividing optimism from delusion.“This is our party..,” LCR’s Clarke Cooper insists. “We are here to make it stronger and more inclusive.”
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,,,the kind of resistance to LGBT equality that is reflected in this year’s platform is a generational issue -- "the last gasp of the conservatives," he calls it -- and boldly predicts that this is the last year in which the platform will contain such language. When I suggest that if Ralph Reed’s turnout operation among conservative evangelicals does as much for the Republicans in November as Reed hopes, the party is not likely to turn its backs on the anti-gay religious right base, Kolbe shrugs and says both parties appeal to their bases for turnout. “We will have the victory,” he says.
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If 2004 was a turning point, she says, 2012 could be a “tipping point,” at which shifting public opinion makes overt anti-gay politicking unfeasible. “You can’t demagogue gay people forever.” Perkins, however, may have a different opinion on that -- and no small measure of power in the G.O.P.
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,,, Rep. John Tierney, is openly gay, pro-choice and pro-marriage equality, but none of these issues appear on his campaign’s issues page, which pushes standard right-wing talking points on “Obamacare,” Medicare, the economy, education, and the Middle East. Of course, that doesn’t phase the Log Cabin Republicans,,,
Optimistic or Delusional? Why Gay Republicans Stand By Their Party’s Bigoted Platform | Alternet
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