Tag: Republican Party
RNC Committee Passes Most Overtly Anti-LGBTQ Platform in History
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer civil rights organisation, today blasted the Republican National Committee for the platform committee’s decision to pass a platform with a slew of anti-equality provisions, including attacks on transgender people and a commitment to overturn nationwide marriage equality.
GOP 2012 Platform: 9 Shocking Anti LGBT Planks in the Republican Plan for America
The Republican Party just ceded much political clout to extreme right-wing forces, and formalized new goals to oppress LGBT citizens via its official party platform.
GOProud Praises Ambassador John Bolton for Iowa Speech
Today, in Des Moines, former U.N. Ambassador and potential 2012 Presidential candidate John Bolton delivered a powerful speech at the Conservative Principles Conference. In his speech, the straight-talking conservative spoke eloquently about the need for the Republican Party to emphasise a strong and confident American foreign policy.
Gay Censorship of Right-wing GOP Support for Gays….
The other day I posted an op-ed regarding how younger GOP operatives must go mum on their support for gay rights when they agree to work for older, prominent GOP candidates for high-profile offices. It’s called the “generational change” in the conservative Republican Party, where younger right-wingers support gay rights, but their boss does not.
Younger GOP Operatives at Odds with Candidates
It’s become a political truism to say that there is a generational divide with respect to gay rights, as polling data bears out the fact that younger voters, even conservatives, are far more in favour of same-sex marriage than their elders.
One – “OUT” – of – Three Gays Voted for the GOP
We learned a lot about Gay voters, at least if you have an open mind and a discerning intellect. According to Fox News, which some Gays do watch, 31 % or more of self-identified Gay voters in exit polls said they voted for the Republican Party.