GOP gay group booted from N.C. convention
Gay Republicans in North Carolina said state party officials told them their group isn't welcome at a convention this weekend because "homosexuality is not normal" and their agenda is "counterproductive to the Republican agenda." (source)
Well, what did they expect? We are talking about the same part as our current President. The same President who has such a low opinion of gay families that he wants to pass an amendment to the US Constitution to stop them.
I honestly don't understand why we give the Republican Party time of day. I'm not that much of an activist anymore. I am actually quite domestic. I care about my town I live in, state matters, and the country. But, very little that concerns my life is centered around being gay - gay marriage aside. Gay marriage is different because it does effect every aspect of our lives.
When I heard my President get up and call me a second-class citizen, unworthy of full civil rights, that did it for me. He lost my respect. What I don't understand is how some in our community have so little respect for themselves or the gay community to cater after these people. Astonishing.
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I believe in some of the things Republicans supposedly believe in. For example, while I am a liberal when it comes to social issues, I am a fiscal conservative. I don't believe in spending money we don't have.
Republicans claim to be for individual rights and they believe in a less intrusive government, supposedly.
Why is it then that our Republican president is trying to pass an amendment to the U.S. Constitution denying an entire segment of our population the benefits of marriage. Nothing is more intrusive than that.
Why is it that our Republican president has run up the national deficit more than any president in U.S. history?
I can't help but believe that they have some other agenda. Perhaps re-making America into a country based on their own version of "compassionate conservatism"? Not very compassionate to some of our citizens.
I'm from North Carolina and I am oh so thankful I was brought up by good FDR Democrats. As screwed up as my childhood was at least I wasn't raised by Republicans.