The Log Cabin republicans slammed the GOP in a new ad over the party’s abysmal record on LGBT issues. The Advocate reports:
Evoking GOP patron saint Ronald Reagan’s infamous “big tent” imagery, the ad reads, “Reagan’s big tent isn’t what it used to be. If the Republican Party wants to win future elections and set this country back on sound financial footing, it must put an end to its obsession with opposing equal rights for LGBT Americans.” The ad concludes with an ominous indictment: “If you don’t make the tent bigger, you might as well fold it up and go home.”
Will the party listen? Not bloody likely.
The Log Cabin Republicans believed their presence at this year’s GOP national convention would help move their party toward equality. They, as many predicted, were wrong, because the Republican platform is just as discriminatory and hateful as ever.
Gay GOP group Log Cabin Republicans support House Speaker John Boehner’s decision to defend the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in court.
