tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post114660302136808227..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1146798801563354032006-05-04T22:13:00.000-05:002006-05-04T22:13:00.000-05:00OK, so name ANY progress you have made in your Party on behalf of the GLBT community.<BR/><BR/>I was raised in a republican household, registered as a republican when I was old enough to vote, have a sister that has GOP return address stickers on all her outgoing mail, a brother who has TWO pictures of George W on his desk, and an uncle that thinks Rush Limbaugh is the greatest man alive.<BR/><BR/>The turning point for me was the relentless attacks on my personal life for the political gain of the party. I understand that whipping up the base with the threat of the homo invasion works very well. I just can't be a party to something that is out for my very destruction.<BR/><BR/>It would be different if things were getting better, progress was being made. But it keeps getting worse!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1146713632412401392006-05-03T22:33:00.000-05:002006-05-03T22:33:00.000-05:00You can now say "former" State Senator who "could" have done so much for his gay son, but didn't.<BR/><BR/>All the while, at least he wasn't as publicly homophobic and downright evil on gay issues as a former leader of the other chamber. The former Speaker from Sandborn would be an obnoxious homophobe as a fake zealot Christian in the statehouse, and then enjoy himself while lodging with his openly gay brother and his partner at their Brown County retreat. <BR/><BR/>Although the Senator is toast, the former Speaker may not be, though I hope he never re-enters Indiana politics unless he changes his ways.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1146683298427291682006-05-03T14:08:00.000-05:002006-05-03T14:08:00.000-05:00Using that kind of logic, an African-American would never have become a Democrat since it was the party of slavery and the GOP was the party for ending slavery.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1146677458209905882006-05-03T12:30:00.000-05:002006-05-03T12:30:00.000-05:00Sorry, Gary, but the current face of the Republican Party is one of the ultra-right wing agenda of anti-abortion, anti-gay, anti-anythingthatisn'tlike us.<BR/><BR/>I'm not certain I see much difference between Dick Cheney being a republican even though his daughter is gay and someone who is gay being a republican and working for the party.<BR/><BR/>Sure, an argument can be made that the gay person is trying to "change the party from within", but by all appearances the party is lurching further rightward to the point of even pulling the democrats that direction as well (how many times have I heard that a democrat must be more "moderate" in order to win now?).<BR/><BR/>If a gay person insists on remaining within the party, I think maybe a change of tack is in order. The course they are sailing is way too slow and kinda off direction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com