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TexasTowelie

(112,240 posts)
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 03:09 PM Jul 2022

"We failed": Gay Republicans who fought for acceptance in Texas GOP see little progress

by Eric Neugeboren, Texas Tribune


In June 1998, a group of gay and lesbian conservatives, pushing for greater representation at the Texas Republican Party convention in Fort Worth, found themselves in a frightening clash with members of their own party.

Members of the Log Cabin Republicans were protesting at the gathering of party faithful after a state GOP official made offensive comments comparing the group to the Ku Klux Klan and pedophiles. The group was also protesting the rejection of their request to host a booth at the convention — the second time in a row they’d been denied — where they hoped to share information about their organization.

Counterprotesters surrounded the Log Cabin members, wielding signs with homophobic slurs and phrases like “The Gay Life = AIDS Then Hell.” They pushed and spat and shoved their fingers in the faces of the gay Republicans.

Richard Tafel, the former executive director of the national Log Cabin Republicans which bills itself as the “nation’s largest Republican organization dedicated to representing LGBT conservatives and allies,” attended the Texas convention that year and recalls thinking he was in serious danger as they advocated for respect from members of their own party.

Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2022/07/24/texas-log-cabin-republicans/
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"We failed": Gay Republicans who fought for acceptance in Texas GOP see little progress (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jul 2022 OP
The Log cabin Repubklican can all go fuck themselves NoRethugFriends Jul 2022 #1
For fucks sake. Have an original fucking thought and join the struggle. onecaliberal Jul 2022 #2
I guess better late than never. OrlandoDem2 Jul 2022 #3
No..they didn't fail. They tried and were shown the door. The only fail would be to continue to try PortTack Jul 2022 #4
you said exactly what I am thinking. CurtEastPoint Jul 2022 #8
They gave it 25 years. Time (long past) to be done catrose Jul 2022 #16
☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️ PortTack Jul 2022 #26
First, it was their failure, and second, that it took them 20 years to figure out what the JohnSJ Jul 2022 #5
Maybe they should change their name to log cabin Democrats Walleye Jul 2022 #6
gay republican favorite fashion look.... msongs Jul 2022 #7
"Thank you, sir! May I have another?" Midnight Writer Jul 2022 #9
That seems to be such an oxymoron Ferrets are Cool Jul 2022 #10
Are they surprised by this? 3catwoman3 Jul 2022 #11
Why do blue collar workers claim to be Republican? LakeArenal Jul 2022 #12
I managed a union workforce for 30+ years here in Texas and almost all walkingman Jul 2022 #21
Thanks. It was a rhetorical question tho. LakeArenal Jul 2022 #23
I understand - just hit a nerve. ☮ walkingman Jul 2022 #25
"SLUGS FOR SALT! SLUGS FOR SALT!" nt bbernardini Jul 2022 #13
Owner of face eating tiger shocked when tiger eats his face. Comfortably_Numb Jul 2022 #14
Does this rise to the level of self-delusion, it sounds like self-delusion to me... Thomas Hurt Jul 2022 #15
What the hell were you expecting, gay Republicans? Paladin Jul 2022 #17
Well, fuck them. enki23 Jul 2022 #18
I know one of the leaders in the Austin chapter and I promise you walkingman Jul 2022 #19
og Cabin Republicans -- Chickens, voting for Col. Sanders. 3Hotdogs Jul 2022 #20
Blacks for Trump... Ridiculous slogan. LakeArenal Jul 2022 #24
The primary fail was thinking you would ever succeed. tanyev Jul 2022 #22
You simply cannot have it both ways. The contemporary GOP doesn't respect ANY human beings. Ford_Prefect Jul 2022 #27

PortTack

(32,778 posts)
4. No..they didn't fail. They tried and were shown the door. The only fail would be to continue to try
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 03:13 PM
Jul 2022

And convince them you’re an equal. Move on! That’s never gonna happen

JohnSJ

(92,219 posts)
5. First, it was their failure, and second, that it took them 20 years to figure out what the
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 03:14 PM
Jul 2022

Republican Party was, is incredible

Midnight Writer

(21,768 posts)
9. "Thank you, sir! May I have another?"
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 03:22 PM
Jul 2022

Another example of people puzzled that their support for the "leopards eating your face" Party means that leopards eat their face.

walkingman

(7,628 posts)
21. I managed a union workforce for 30+ years here in Texas and almost all
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 05:07 PM
Jul 2022

of the members voted Republican. The only reason they belonged to the union was the tradition and pressure on not doing so was greater than otherwise.

As a Regional Mgr. I have always been pro-union. It made my job easier. The contract took away HR issues and ensured that everyone was treated equally.

Whether people want to believe it or not - the culture that Ronald Reagan created around unions destroyed the movement.

Why do Blue collar workers vote Republican?
I think it is because they think that their employers care about them....in reality when it gets down to the nitty, gritty they are just a number and expense.

Why do white women vote Republican? I think it for the same reason that white men do....racism and in a broader sense in support of white patriarchy. As issues such as Climate Change denial, government control over their bodies, and economic inequality become more "in their face", I think it will change (hopefully).

Comfortably_Numb

(3,809 posts)
14. Owner of face eating tiger shocked when tiger eats his face.
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 03:34 PM
Jul 2022

I know hope springs eternal and all that, but FFS, republicans live and die by their hate so quelle surprise!

Paladin

(28,264 posts)
17. What the hell were you expecting, gay Republicans?
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 03:53 PM
Jul 2022

More importantly: What are you prepared to do about it?

walkingman

(7,628 posts)
19. I know one of the leaders in the Austin chapter and I promise you
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 04:18 PM
Jul 2022

he needs to stay in the GOP - I wouldn't piss on him if he was on fire. It has nothing to do with him being gay - just a sorry POS.

3Hotdogs

(12,390 posts)
20. og Cabin Republicans -- Chickens, voting for Col. Sanders.
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 05:05 PM
Jul 2022

Same as latino immigrants, voting for Repukes. And best of all was Orange Anus, pointing to the lone black guy at one of his rallies.

Ford_Prefect

(7,901 posts)
27. You simply cannot have it both ways. The contemporary GOP doesn't respect ANY human beings.
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 10:11 PM
Jul 2022

They are a very exclusive club and intend to make it more so.

Gay conservatives are now learning just who's in charge of the GOP and it ain't anyone who will listen to them, except for those few who are billionaires. The party of Reagan, and Shrub for that matter, was erased with the rise of the Tea Party. With that came the fervent absolutist Right Wing along with the fascist evangelical mob.

I can resect the desire for a traditional conservative thinker to find some hope in the philosophy they imagine grounds conservative politics. I have to say though that they are fooling themselves in maintaining that perspective. One essential feature of American conservative thinking is that some animals are naturally superior to others. Conservatives Über Alles doesn't fit the broader Constitutional scheme envisioned by the founders.

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