Prop 8 Anniversary – The Republicans

We know that not all straight Republicans marched in lockstep with Religious Right grassroots favorite Sarah Palin – whose pick as GOP presidential contender John McCain’s running mate gave a huge financial and emotional boost to the Protect Marriage/ Yes on 8 campaign. Last April, McCain’s daughter Meghan and chief strategist Steve Schmidt officially announced their support for same marriage equality.

Where were they when it mattered, you might ask? When the No on Prop 8 campaign needed mainstream Republican support to pull those independents and libertarians.

More at: LGBT POV!

Broward’s Gay Republicans Divided Over Priorities

Gay Republicans are divided, with a group breaking away from their longtime home in the party, Log Cabin Republicans. The insurgents, who don’t think the Log Cabin group spends enough time and energy on Republican Party principles, have launched the Sunshine Republicans.

“It’s an interesting dynamic,” said Broward Republican Chairman Chip LaMarca, who said he wants as many vibrant Republican clubs as possible in Broward County, where members of his party are vastly outnumbered by Democrats.

There are some personality clashes and backbiting. But both factions agree on the overarching difference is political priorities. At the top of the Log Cabin Republicans agenda are issues especially important to the gay community — repeal of the don’t ask-don’t tell ban on openly gay people serving in the armed forces and repeal of the federal Defense of Marriage Act.

Read more at: Sun Sentinel’s Broward Politics!

Atlanta’s Mayor Denounces LCR’s ‘Partisan Political Antics’

Georgia Log Cabin Republicans, the state chapter of the national gay GOP group, issued a statement May 28 demanding Franklin’s resignation just hours after a man was found stabbed to death in Piedmont Park.

“It has become obvious that Mayor Shirley Franklin is incompetent to fulfill her duty and obligation to protect the citizens of Atlanta from violence. The latest rash of murders, robberies, hate crimes, and lawlessness are a direct result of her failure to provide proper protection by an effective police force. Mayor Franklin has recklessly cut the hours of our police force, which has left our citizens in grave danger, and now it’s time for her to cut her own hours permanently, we just can’t afford to wait until a new election and mayor, she must go now,” Georgia LCR President Jamie Ensley said then.

Read more at SOVO.com!

Atlanta's Mayor Shirley Franklin

Log Cabin President Target of National Anti-Gay Group

Americans for Truth (About Homosexuality) has the president of the Georgia Log Cabin Republicans in its sights as the socially conservative Christian organization continues to urge the GOP to denounce the gay political group.

Read the rest of this post by Dyana Bagby at SOVO!

Log Cabin on Broke Back Mountain of Debt

According to a post in the Washington Blade, Patrick Sammon, The Log Cabin Republican’s president, stated Friday, that due to “lackluster 2008 fundraising”, the organization ended the year at least $100,000 in debt, and is facing financial difficulties.

Read the entire story at the Washington Blade.

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