Democratic Governor of North Carolina Mike Easley has caught some flack for comments he made as he endorsed Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) for president.  Easley said, “This lady right here makes Rocky Balboa look like a pansy.” 

Gov. Easley’s comment, which many perceive to be an anti-gay slur, may or may not have been intentionally anti-gay.  However, one must wonder what the outrage level would be if a Republican governor praised someone for not being a “pansy.”

-posted by Scott Tucker

Posted: April 30th, 2008 under Democrats, Elections, In the News.
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Check it out.

“Out” Magazine ran an amazingly poor article on gay Republicans in their May issue.  Funny thing is, they failed to source even ONE gay Republican!  We just sent this e-mail to our members.

Chris Crain summed up the article pretty well:

But talk about an appallingly bad job…Author Charles Kaiser (“The Gay Metropolis”) was the one tasked with shedding some insight on the phenomenon of closeted gay Republicans. So who did he talk to: Barney Frank, outing activist/ blogger Mike Rogers, an unnamed Democratic political consultant and a gay Washington Post reporter.

What about an actual living, breathing gay Republican (closeted or otherwise)? Wouldn’t they be at least relevant? Could Kaiser not find the number for Log Cabin?”

-posted by Scott Tucker

Posted: April 22nd, 2008 under Democrats, Elections, From the Right, In the News, Log Cabin In Focus.
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Senators Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and Barack Obama (D-IL) recently held a “Compassion Forum” at Messiah College ahead of the all-important Pennsylvania primary.  The ironic thing is that Messiah College is a very un-compassionate place when it comes to treatment of openly gay and lesbian students.  (They ban them.)  I don’t often link to the Huffington Post, but it’s worth a read.

Posted: April 17th, 2008 under Democrats, Elections, In the News.
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As we’re all coming down from the high of a hugely successful Log Cabin Republicans National Convention, here are some photos of the weekend.

And be sure to check out the YouTube video of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s remarks.

More to come…

-posted by Scott Tucker 

Posted: April 15th, 2008 under Chapter News, Elections, From the Right, In the News, Log Cabin In Focus.
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From James Hartline

Posted: April 4th, 2008 under From the Right, Log Cabin In Focus, On the Lighter Side.
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For anyone who thinks the Democratic Party (and specifically this Democrat-controlled Congress) is the answer to our problems, check out this update from the Washington Blade.  Money quote:

One congressional source familiar with the hate crimes bill said a number of GOP lawmakers believe Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) did not want to bring the hate crimes bill to a vote because doing so would help the re-election chances of moderate Republican senators who support the bill.  Among them are Sens. Gordon Smith (R-Ore.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), who face strong election challenges by Democrats in November.

I’m confused.  I thought that if gays put Democrats in charge of Congress, we’d see action on gay rights legislation.  Hmmm…

-posted by Scott Tucker

Posted: April 4th, 2008 under Democrats, Elections, From the Right, In the News, Log Cabin In Focus.
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