It seems that whenever I turn to the MSM or gay media for a report on gay Republicans, they are either badmouthing us as self-hating insecure hypocrites with wide stances or noting how unwelcome we feel in the GOP while pointing out that we disagree with our party on any number of issues. Â Or how gay Republicans refuse to back certain GOP candidates. Â
The MSM just loves stories of a divided GOP.
Note how they were all over the story of Log Cabin running ads against Mitt Romney in Iowa and New Hampshire early in this presidential campaign.
Well, today while observing the festivities, chatting with fellow bloggers and scanning the news and blog, I found that Yahoo! for about two hours (as of this writing) led with the story of Log Cabin’s endorsement, “Gay Republicans endorse McCain.”
Never seen a story with Log Cabin backing GOP get such prominent coverage.
The article, while generally fair, was not without bias:
Being openly gay is not easy in a party with a strong base of evangelical Christians who read the Bible as the literal word of God and believe there are biblical sanctions against homosexuality.
Um, how would they know that?
It’s a lot easier being an openly gay person in the GOP than being an openly Republican gay person in West Hollywood.
well that is vague.
First of all, Evangelical Christians are just one part of the Republican party, and they are not a monolith.
According to Dale Carpenter, 49% of the delegates are in favor of domestic partnership. I’ve got to believe there are evangelicals among those delegates.
Just like the left is exploding since a strong, conservative Republican woman is living the feminist dream. The last thing MSM or the Gay media need is a chink in their idea about gay Republicans.
Dan, just keep spreading the word, there are many young gay conservatives out there, this will only increase their numbers.
There is also the last line of the story where the al-AP reporter said:
“Little polling has been done on the topic, but most gay voters favor the Democratic Party.”
Oh, really? How do you know that, Mr. MSM Reporter? Cite your sources, please.
Dhimmicrats look upon gay voters the same way Sen. Robert Byrd looked at blacks.
Regards,
Peter H.
Still comes down to the point that Most Leftists think anyone who disagrees with them is EVIL and Conservatives think those who disagree with them are ill informed and mistaken.
Being a Jewish conservative in Al Franken’s home town ain’t so easy, either:
http://moot.typepad.com/what_if/2008/09/busy-bee.html
They should have quoted a gay Republican instead of making a vague generalization, but if that’s the worst they got, it’s not too bad.
It’s the usual liberal tactic of distraction to divert attention from the deep democrat disunity.
You should write them and tell them your objections to their article.
“Being openly gay is not easy in a party with a strong base of evangelical Christians who read the Bible as the literal word of God and believe there are biblical sanctions against homosexuality.
Um, how would they know that?”
Um, because it’s the absolute truth. Do you deny the strength of the evangelical base? Do you deny they are against homosexuality? Do you deny that they support laws that intrude in our personal lives? Do you deny that they want to turn the Constitution into a weapon against our relationships? Have you ever read what your allies have to say about LGBT people? You’ve had good experiences, that’s great, but don’t be naive enough to believe that much of the evangelical base does not accept you in anyway except as a challenge to convert and “cure”.
The quoted statement has nothing to do with Democrats, nothing to do with Palin, nothing to do with what you imagine the left feels about conservatives and nothing to do with the other nonsense that all the comments so far have spewed. It’s a simple statement of reality and that’s what offends you so. You lick the boots of those who would place it on your neck and hate those of us who want something different.
CNN just had a Log Cabin spokesman on the air. I can’t imagine there are many other people watching CNN mid-day mid-week, but for what it’s worth, I thought he was very effective at making the point that McCain is not remotely like Bush on gay issues.
Clint, what did this representative say? I know it’s been reported that McCain does oppose gay marriage, and that, while he doesn’t support a federal amendement to the constitution, he supported an admendment to the consitution in his own state. I also can’t find anything regarding the fight against HIV/AIDS on his website.
Truly trying to be as evenly informed as possible on both sides, here.