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		<title>By: GayPatriot &#187; (Some of) Our Critics &#38; Their Imaginary Conservatives</title>
		<link>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/09/06/convention-retrospective-of-a-gay-republican-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-374313</link>
		<dc:creator>GayPatriot &#187; (Some of) Our Critics &#38; Their Imaginary Conservatives</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 01:32:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] I often noted on this blog and elsewhere, &#8220;Itâ€™s easier to be gay among conservatives than it is to [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Vince P</title>
		<link>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/09/06/convention-retrospective-of-a-gay-republican-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-307016</link>
		<dc:creator>Vince P</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 06:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>waaa! get a life!!  waaaa

How old are you moron?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>waaa! get a life!!  waaaa</p>
<p>How old are you moron?</p>
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		<title>By: nick</title>
		<link>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/09/06/convention-retrospective-of-a-gay-republican-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-306980</link>
		<dc:creator>nick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 01:59:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This stuff about not being accepted by gays because you&#039;re a Republican is crybaby whining.  Get over it!  Your are a Republican and they are Democrats!  Shocking news: liberals don&#039;t want to hang out with a Republican.  Gee, most African-American Democrats aren&#039;t keen on A-A Republicans.  Shockingly, that&#039;s the same for many white Democrats.

It never surprises me what a bunch of cry-babies gay Republicans are.  You&#039;re so desperate for acceptance from Democrats and can only throw tantrums because they won&#039;t accept your politics.

Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and other Republicans like you trash liberals as traitors and fiends, why the hell should liberals, gay or straight be nice to you?  

Get a life, you whiner!  Your party used homophobia to win votes in 2004.  Why would any sane gay person dismiss that from his/her reasoning?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This stuff about not being accepted by gays because you&#8217;re a Republican is crybaby whining.  Get over it!  Your are a Republican and they are Democrats!  Shocking news: liberals don&#8217;t want to hang out with a Republican.  Gee, most African-American Democrats aren&#8217;t keen on A-A Republicans.  Shockingly, that&#8217;s the same for many white Democrats.</p>
<p>It never surprises me what a bunch of cry-babies gay Republicans are.  You&#8217;re so desperate for acceptance from Democrats and can only throw tantrums because they won&#8217;t accept your politics.</p>
<p>Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and other Republicans like you trash liberals as traitors and fiends, why the hell should liberals, gay or straight be nice to you?  </p>
<p>Get a life, you whiner!  Your party used homophobia to win votes in 2004.  Why would any sane gay person dismiss that from his/her reasoning?</p>
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		<title>By: Liberal Gay Patriot (Liberals Love America - the REAL America)</title>
		<link>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/09/06/convention-retrospective-of-a-gay-republican-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-305073</link>
		<dc:creator>Liberal Gay Patriot (Liberals Love America - the REAL America)</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:52:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh, quit being so sensitive. The dog in the video is called Triumph the INSULT Comedy Dog for goodness sake. Oof. It is true I suppose, many conservatives are humorless bores.

... and, Ann Coulter invites ridicule - she is one of the most vile and hateful characters around along with that Malkin creature and the pathetic, closeted, Weiner guy. 

P.S. If I am attacking it will be obvious.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh, quit being so sensitive. The dog in the video is called Triumph the INSULT Comedy Dog for goodness sake. Oof. It is true I suppose, many conservatives are humorless bores.</p>
<p>&#8230; and, Ann Coulter invites ridicule &#8211; she is one of the most vile and hateful characters around along with that Malkin creature and the pathetic, closeted, Weiner guy. </p>
<p>P.S. If I am attacking it will be obvious.</p>
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		<title>By: The Livewire</title>
		<link>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/09/06/convention-retrospective-of-a-gay-republican-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-304953</link>
		<dc:creator>The Livewire</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:27:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why is it Liberal posters who are &#039;inclusive and tolerant&#039; always attack people based on sexual orientation, race, or creed?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why is it Liberal posters who are &#8216;inclusive and tolerant&#8217; always attack people based on sexual orientation, race, or creed?</p>
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		<title>By: Liberal Gay Patriot (Liberals Love America - the REAL America)</title>
		<link>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/09/06/convention-retrospective-of-a-gay-republican-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-304871</link>
		<dc:creator>Liberal Gay Patriot (Liberals Love America - the REAL America)</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:18:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Fox news, you swing to the right more that Ann Coutier&#039;s strap-on&quot; 

Part Two:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eneq0jcMlTw

LOL</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Fox news, you swing to the right more that Ann Coutier&#8217;s strap-on&#8221; </p>
<p>Part Two:<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eneq0jcMlTw" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eneq0jcMlTw</a></p>
<p>LOL</p>
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		<title>By: Eric</title>
		<link>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/09/06/convention-retrospective-of-a-gay-republican-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-304807</link>
		<dc:creator>Eric</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 07:18:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You are a person first.  It really shouldn&#039;t be a surprise.

It is when people &quot;role-play&quot; (so that any rejection is to the role being played, rather than themselves,) that the people they meet have the perception of being rejected first; they will act accordingly.

You will find that most people you meet have no problem with a covenant between two people of the same sex--with all of the legal ramifications being exactly the same.  The matter of contention is the name of the covenant.  Do not hijack the religious-based &quot;name&quot; for the covenant.  To use the word &quot;Marriage&quot; for a civil covenant between members of the same sex--even though it is a traditional use of the word for a civil/legal covenant--is equivalent to a state-mandated change in religious doctrine.

Regardless of intention, it is the establishment of a &quot;State Religion&quot;--a really big no-no.

I honestly believe that a legal covenant between two people of the same sex would win by a landslide in each and every State.  If one wishes to be &quot;fair&quot;:  Remove the word &quot;Marriage&quot; from all of the documents involving the legal covenant between two people regardless of sex and place the word &quot;Marriage&quot; back in the religious bodies where it belongs.

Of course, maybe I&#039;m a bit off.

I also wish it was not necessary for people to have living wills and trusts--and paperwork in their wallet and/or medic-alert bracelet with contact information in case of emergency.  I do not want to be harangued (on my deathbed) by Christopher Hitchins for my beliefs, nor do I want to be tortured by a religious zealot because I may be insufficiently &quot;saved&quot; in their eyes.  Or have vultures hovering about for monies which I may have.  I don&#039;t consider those evil things to be specific to any group of people.

It is terrible when anything keeps comforting people/loved ones apart.  (Twisted families, weird people, and weird nurses  have screwed it up for everybody.)

I had an acquaintance who was &quot;the step-brother&quot; of his love in the hospital to get around a twisted nurse.  Other staff at the hospital weren&#039;t a problem, nor in his case, were his family.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You are a person first.  It really shouldn&#8217;t be a surprise.</p>
<p>It is when people &#8220;role-play&#8221; (so that any rejection is to the role being played, rather than themselves,) that the people they meet have the perception of being rejected first; they will act accordingly.</p>
<p>You will find that most people you meet have no problem with a covenant between two people of the same sex&#8211;with all of the legal ramifications being exactly the same.  The matter of contention is the name of the covenant.  Do not hijack the religious-based &#8220;name&#8221; for the covenant.  To use the word &#8220;Marriage&#8221; for a civil covenant between members of the same sex&#8211;even though it is a traditional use of the word for a civil/legal covenant&#8211;is equivalent to a state-mandated change in religious doctrine.</p>
<p>Regardless of intention, it is the establishment of a &#8220;State Religion&#8221;&#8211;a really big no-no.</p>
<p>I honestly believe that a legal covenant between two people of the same sex would win by a landslide in each and every State.  If one wishes to be &#8220;fair&#8221;:  Remove the word &#8220;Marriage&#8221; from all of the documents involving the legal covenant between two people regardless of sex and place the word &#8220;Marriage&#8221; back in the religious bodies where it belongs.</p>
<p>Of course, maybe I&#8217;m a bit off.</p>
<p>I also wish it was not necessary for people to have living wills and trusts&#8211;and paperwork in their wallet and/or medic-alert bracelet with contact information in case of emergency.  I do not want to be harangued (on my deathbed) by Christopher Hitchins for my beliefs, nor do I want to be tortured by a religious zealot because I may be insufficiently &#8220;saved&#8221; in their eyes.  Or have vultures hovering about for monies which I may have.  I don&#8217;t consider those evil things to be specific to any group of people.</p>
<p>It is terrible when anything keeps comforting people/loved ones apart.  (Twisted families, weird people, and weird nurses  have screwed it up for everybody.)</p>
<p>I had an acquaintance who was &#8220;the step-brother&#8221; of his love in the hospital to get around a twisted nurse.  Other staff at the hospital weren&#8217;t a problem, nor in his case, were his family.</p>
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		<title>By: The Livewire</title>
		<link>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/09/06/convention-retrospective-of-a-gay-republican-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-304711</link>
		<dc:creator>The Livewire</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:46:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I want to know who&#039;s writing the parody posts.

Dan, 

Belated thanks from the Ohio Hermit.  It was very enjoyable having your POV from the floor and the rafters.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I want to know who&#8217;s writing the parody posts.</p>
<p>Dan, </p>
<p>Belated thanks from the Ohio Hermit.  It was very enjoyable having your POV from the floor and the rafters.</p>
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		<title>By: Liberal Gay Patriot (Liberals Love America - the REAL America)</title>
		<link>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/09/06/convention-retrospective-of-a-gay-republican-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-304698</link>
		<dc:creator>Liberal Gay Patriot (Liberals Love America - the REAL America)</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:24:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Awesome RNC recap:

http://www.americablog.com/2008/09/triump-at-gop-convention.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Awesome RNC recap:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.americablog.com/2008/09/triump-at-gop-convention.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.americablog.com/2008/09/triump-at-gop-convention.html</a></p>
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		<title>By: straight support</title>
		<link>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/09/06/convention-retrospective-of-a-gay-republican-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-304680</link>
		<dc:creator>straight support</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m not surprised you were met with tolerance and dare I say it, even acceptance from the republicans. In my experience most republicans are live and let live.

Socially I don&#039;t agree with the GOP but always vote that way because of my desire to have employment in the future. I hope that someday soon the GOP can break away from the religious communities that have attached themselves to the party. Not that I  feel that religious people shouldn&#039;t have representation but many of their beliefs aren&#039;t supported by their congregations let alone people outside of it. I find it odd that many democratic politicians can attend christian churches but don&#039;t have to reflect those beliefs in the politics. 

Not all republicans are bible thumping anti-gays. I for one fully support the gay community and find that sexual orientation should not matter when meeting and working with new people. Saying you can&#039;t befriend someone because of sexual orientation is like saying you can&#039;t befriend someone with blue eyes, completely ridiculous.

I hope that sometime in the very near future the GOP will start supporting gay marriage. I feel that it is something that is long over due in this country. Denying a gay couple the same rights a straight couple has through marriage is crime and a severe inequality. As for the critics who use religion as a opposition of gay marriage, their is a little thing called separation of church and state. Legally being married wouldn&#039;t make their crazy church have to marry anyone or recognize any union before their God. And soon most republicans will, if they already don&#039;t, see this as well.

And for the more socially conservative republicans who find sexual orientation to be a social issue that needs resolving, I hope they rethink what they believe. The U.S. has the highest divorce rate in the world. I think that is a true social issue. And so any couple who can get married and stay that way regardless of sexual orientation should have the support of society and will have mine. 

I can only encourage members of the gay community to become more involved in the GOP. The more they see your support, the sooner they will show their support for you. I&#039;m sure you already have support from many republicans, they just might not have said it yet.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m not surprised you were met with tolerance and dare I say it, even acceptance from the republicans. In my experience most republicans are live and let live.</p>
<p>Socially I don&#8217;t agree with the GOP but always vote that way because of my desire to have employment in the future. I hope that someday soon the GOP can break away from the religious communities that have attached themselves to the party. Not that I  feel that religious people shouldn&#8217;t have representation but many of their beliefs aren&#8217;t supported by their congregations let alone people outside of it. I find it odd that many democratic politicians can attend christian churches but don&#8217;t have to reflect those beliefs in the politics. </p>
<p>Not all republicans are bible thumping anti-gays. I for one fully support the gay community and find that sexual orientation should not matter when meeting and working with new people. Saying you can&#8217;t befriend someone because of sexual orientation is like saying you can&#8217;t befriend someone with blue eyes, completely ridiculous.</p>
<p>I hope that sometime in the very near future the GOP will start supporting gay marriage. I feel that it is something that is long over due in this country. Denying a gay couple the same rights a straight couple has through marriage is crime and a severe inequality. As for the critics who use religion as a opposition of gay marriage, their is a little thing called separation of church and state. Legally being married wouldn&#8217;t make their crazy church have to marry anyone or recognize any union before their God. And soon most republicans will, if they already don&#8217;t, see this as well.</p>
<p>And for the more socially conservative republicans who find sexual orientation to be a social issue that needs resolving, I hope they rethink what they believe. The U.S. has the highest divorce rate in the world. I think that is a true social issue. And so any couple who can get married and stay that way regardless of sexual orientation should have the support of society and will have mine. </p>
<p>I can only encourage members of the gay community to become more involved in the GOP. The more they see your support, the sooner they will show their support for you. I&#8217;m sure you already have support from many republicans, they just might not have said it yet.</p>
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		<title>By: North Dallas Thirty</title>
		<link>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/09/06/convention-retrospective-of-a-gay-republican-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-304669</link>
		<dc:creator>North Dallas Thirty</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;NDT, Define hostile.&lt;/i&gt;

Sorry. That first paragraph in my post should have been italicized; it&#039;s a quote from Dave.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>NDT, Define hostile.</i></p>
<p>Sorry. That first paragraph in my post should have been italicized; it&#8217;s a quote from Dave.</p>
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		<title>By: Peter Hughes</title>
		<link>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/09/06/convention-retrospective-of-a-gay-republican-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-304619</link>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hughes</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And Dan even got to meet the fetching Carlos on the RNC floor to boot.

Lucky dog.  ;-)

Regards,
Peter H.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And Dan even got to meet the fetching Carlos on the RNC floor to boot.</p>
<p>Lucky dog.  <img src='http://www.gaypatriot.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Regards,<br />
Peter H.</p>
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		<title>By: Tracy Coyle</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tracy Coyle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I attended the reception and screening of the American Carol in MN and talked to many delegates.  We talked about conservative issues in politics and in several conversations on issues, my relationship was relevant and I disclosed it.  Without exception the response was positive.  It is much easier for Conservatives to accept a gay person than it is for gays to accept a conservative. 

Too bad I didn&#039;t get to meet any of the bloggers that were there...maybe I need to be more out!?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I attended the reception and screening of the American Carol in MN and talked to many delegates.  We talked about conservative issues in politics and in several conversations on issues, my relationship was relevant and I disclosed it.  Without exception the response was positive.  It is much easier for Conservatives to accept a gay person than it is for gays to accept a conservative. </p>
<p>Too bad I didn&#8217;t get to meet any of the bloggers that were there&#8230;maybe I need to be more out!?</p>
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		<title>By: robert108</title>
		<link>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/09/06/convention-retrospective-of-a-gay-republican-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-304550</link>
		<dc:creator>robert108</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I appreciate you as a conservative, and am entirely uninterested in what you do in your sex life.  You seem surprised that fellow conservatives would be so &quot;tolerant&quot;, which surprises me.  I also object, as a conservative, to the attempt to divide conservatives into groups, like &quot;social&quot; conservatives.  To me, anyone who wants to bring the govt into social engineering is not a conservative.  Period.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I appreciate you as a conservative, and am entirely uninterested in what you do in your sex life.  You seem surprised that fellow conservatives would be so &#8220;tolerant&#8221;, which surprises me.  I also object, as a conservative, to the attempt to divide conservatives into groups, like &#8220;social&#8221; conservatives.  To me, anyone who wants to bring the govt into social engineering is not a conservative.  Period.</p>
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		<title>By: Jeff Fenner</title>
		<link>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/09/06/convention-retrospective-of-a-gay-republican-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-304547</link>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Fenner</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:53:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Major Kudos to this blog! Just found this through a link from Powerline which was link from the comment section of the Star Tribune. I&#039;ve been an LCR member (watching from afar) since before the 2004 election. It&#039;s very nice, as a gay conservative man, to find others like me who list &#039;gay&#039; as part of them and not the whole. I&#039;ve called into the Jason Lewis radio show, in the Twin Cities, a couple of times as well, to talk about the need to change the way America views gay men and women, and allow them the same tax breaks versus pushing our government to &#039;accept&#039; us...I truly believe that Americans at their core don&#039;t have issue with us, but do take issue in the way our co-patriots zealously provoke and demand our government to &#039;see&#039; them. Personally I don&#039;t think it&#039;s government&#039;s place to tell me I&#039;m okay!!

Jeff (with emphasis on the -AMERICAN)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Major Kudos to this blog! Just found this through a link from Powerline which was link from the comment section of the Star Tribune. I&#8217;ve been an LCR member (watching from afar) since before the 2004 election. It&#8217;s very nice, as a gay conservative man, to find others like me who list &#8216;gay&#8217; as part of them and not the whole. I&#8217;ve called into the Jason Lewis radio show, in the Twin Cities, a couple of times as well, to talk about the need to change the way America views gay men and women, and allow them the same tax breaks versus pushing our government to &#8216;accept&#8217; us&#8230;I truly believe that Americans at their core don&#8217;t have issue with us, but do take issue in the way our co-patriots zealously provoke and demand our government to &#8216;see&#8217; them. Personally I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s government&#8217;s place to tell me I&#8217;m okay!!</p>
<p>Jeff (with emphasis on the -AMERICAN)</p>
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		<title>By: Terri</title>
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		<dc:creator>Terri</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Call me crazy but I&#039;m into the don&#039;t ask don&#039;t tell frame of mind. I don&#039;t need to know you&#039;re gay to decide whether I like you or not or want to get to know you or not. I&#039;ve been around gay activists who forced it on me; and those who saw it as just a part of themselves. One of my best friends is a transgender who allowed me to love without having to endorse their situation. It worked out well for both of us. Not without it&#039;s painful moments, but years later, we are still close friends who care deeply for one another.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Call me crazy but I&#8217;m into the don&#8217;t ask don&#8217;t tell frame of mind. I don&#8217;t need to know you&#8217;re gay to decide whether I like you or not or want to get to know you or not. I&#8217;ve been around gay activists who forced it on me; and those who saw it as just a part of themselves. One of my best friends is a transgender who allowed me to love without having to endorse their situation. It worked out well for both of us. Not without it&#8217;s painful moments, but years later, we are still close friends who care deeply for one another.</p>
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		<title>By: American Elephant</title>
		<link>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/09/06/convention-retrospective-of-a-gay-republican-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-304465</link>
		<dc:creator>American Elephant</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:37:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>GPW, I have great respect for Noonan, most of the time -- except when it comes to Bush, where she seems to be suffering much the same batshit-crazy, boil the bunny and pour acid on the car scorned lover syndrome as Sullivan. 


NDT, Define hostile.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>GPW, I have great respect for Noonan, most of the time &#8212; except when it comes to Bush, where she seems to be suffering much the same batshit-crazy, boil the bunny and pour acid on the car scorned lover syndrome as Sullivan. </p>
<p>NDT, Define hostile.</p>
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		<title>By: Albert Schwartz</title>
		<link>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/09/06/convention-retrospective-of-a-gay-republican-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-304398</link>
		<dc:creator>Albert Schwartz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>For hyphenated Americans, Gay-Americans, African-Americans, Irish-Americans, etc., which party you support seems to depend on which side of the hyphen you place the emphasis.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For hyphenated Americans, Gay-Americans, African-Americans, Irish-Americans, etc., which party you support seems to depend on which side of the hyphen you place the emphasis.</p>
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		<title>By: North Dallas Thirty</title>
		<link>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/09/06/convention-retrospective-of-a-gay-republican-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-304183</link>
		<dc:creator>North Dallas Thirty</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Endorsing those whose words and actions are hostile towards you is insanity and will not only do nothing to change a thing in the party but will negatively impact LGBT people throughout the country.

Except when gay Democrats do it, of course, at which point it&#039;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2001999067_kerrygay07.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt; &quot;pro-gay&quot;&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://mpetrelis.blogspot.com/2007/02/lets-see-if-we-can-follow-bouncing.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt; &quot;gay-supportive&quot;&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Endorsing those whose words and actions are hostile towards you is insanity and will not only do nothing to change a thing in the party but will negatively impact LGBT people throughout the country.</p>
<p>Except when gay Democrats do it, of course, at which point it&#8217;s <a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2001999067_kerrygay07.html" rel="nofollow"> &#8220;pro-gay&#8221;</a> and <a href="http://mpetrelis.blogspot.com/2007/02/lets-see-if-we-can-follow-bouncing.html" rel="nofollow"> &#8220;gay-supportive&#8221;</a>.</p>
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		<title>By: GayPatriot &#187; The Amazing Diversity of the Rightosphere</title>
		<link>http://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/09/06/convention-retrospective-of-a-gay-republican-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-304044</link>
		<dc:creator>GayPatriot &#187; The Amazing Diversity of the Rightosphere</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Convention Retrospective of a gay Republican Blogger [...]</description>
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