Gays & Conservative Politics
March 1, 2010 by James
Is There a Place for Gay People in Conservatism and Conservative Politics? And it so perfectly encapsulates how conservatives view gays: “Give us your money and votes, but shut the hell up.”
So, gay Republicans, open your ears, and close your wallets.
Meanwhile, it seems the gay Republicans can’t hear the drums — or see the daggers — behind their backs. Here’s the perfect example:
At CPAC on Friday, Rep. Mike Pence said, “Marriage must be defended in the Congress, in the courts, and if need be in the Constitution of the United States.” I have the audio here, feel free to listen.
And yet, a gay Republican blogger, GayPatriot, on his blog, refuted that very statement. He was there at CPAC. He heard Pence speak, but couldn’t truly hear what Pence actually said.
I’m not sure exactly what your talking about but it seems to be close mindedness which in the past was the last thing anybody could mention in the same sentence as gay. It seems to me that Gay Democrats are the ones these days who need to close their wallets. Promise after promise and absolutely nothing. At least with Republicans you know what your going to get. Republicans surely aren’t a big friend of the gay community, but they don’t seem to be anymore against us than the Democrats. The Democrats just lie and say otherwise, take our money and then turn their backs. Until we stop parading behind them as if they were leading our fight maybe we need to open up to other options and tell them we mean business. Until we stop voting 90% for Democrats they aren’t going to do anything. Its the swing voters they are interested in not a bunch of gay robot voters who just vote for anyone with a D by their name.