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At CPAC, Religious Right Shows True Feelings: Sorba Calls Gay GOProud Member "Intrinsically Evil"

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

“Well, I don’t really want to shake your hand, you’re intrinsically evil.” At CPAC, Ryan Sorba got into a debate with Alex Knepper, an openly gay conservative, which culminated in the above statement. My reaction upon seeing that: “Woooow!”

I want to say that I don’t agree with Knepper characterization of Sorba’s speech as “evil” at the beginning of their conversation, but neither was Sorba any more correct in his own statement that gays are intrinsically evil.

That, by the way, must make all of us non-gay supporters of rights for them the right hand of intrinsic evil, so excuse me while I go and have some tea with the devil.

Full Story from Poligazette
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GOProud Gets Mixed Reception at CPAC

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

It takes courage to walk into the lion’s den. While some lions might be friendly or tolerant, not all will be. For GOProud, the push to be included in CPAC is one that is a bold step in the direction of LGBT Rights. In many ways, the need has always been there to build support for the LGBT Community from the Left and the Right. While we may disagree on some points of policy, we can agree on the need for greater rights for gays, lesbians, transpeople, bisexuals, and all who are part of the LGBTQ Community, even if we cannot agree on what is suppose to go into our name, or even what order those letters should be in.

In fact, GOProud has been gaining support for the repeal of DADT while at CPAC, and they are working hard to get that support to show among Republicans who have been, until now, both reluctant and reticent about repeal.

The inclusion of GOProud in CPAC is not going without notice, or without commentary. Both those who have supported and opposed GOProud’s inclusion in CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) have spoken, and had their speakers booed or silenced. The National Organization for Marriage, which has been vehemently anti-LGBT, was first nice to Jimmy LaSilva of GOProud, and then trashed them when the cameras were off. To this, LaSilva stated “When the cameras were rolling they were very nice. Now that the cameras aren’t rolling, rather than walking 20 feet over to us, they fire off a news release. What kind of man can’t walk across the row to deliver a message? I just have a question for them: Who’s the pansy at CPAC? What wusses. Just come over. Don’t play nice if you’re not going to be nice.”

Full Story from Lez Get Real
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US: Gay GOP Group to be Allowed at CPAC, But Can't Speak

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

GOProud is just that. The group, consisting of conservative homosexuals who broke away from the Log Cabin Republicans a few years ago because it was deemed too liberal, decided to co-sponsor The American Conservative Union’s annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, DC.

But other conservative Republicans want no part of GOPround at the conference, including the Liberty Counsel’s Matt Barber, who’s threatening to organize a boycott.

Joining Barber in his opposition is Americans for Truth about Homosexuality, which is urging David Keene, chairman of the American Conservative Union, to drop GOProud because it “supports the same radical homosexualist agenda as other GLBT [gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender] organizations—which is corrupting children and tearing apart America’s moral fiber.”

Full Story from AllGov: http://www.allgov.com/ViewNews/Its_Not_Easy_Being_a_Gay_Republican_91230

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