Wednesday, December 30, 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 GOProud 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.”
Conference director Lisa De Pasquale has said she’s “satisfied” that GOProud doesn’t represent a “radical leftist agenda,” and that they should be allowed at the event. However, Keene has promised to keep GOProud from speaking at the conference and to squelch any discussion of gay rights issues, such as same-sex marriage.
-Noel Brinkerhoff
Gay GOP Group Co-Sponsors Conservative Political Conference, But Not Allowed to Speak at It (by Matt Corley, Think Progress)
Conservatives Alarmed by 'Gay' Sponsorship of CPAC (by Bob Unruh, World Net Daily)
Liberty Counsel May Lead Pullout of CPAC if Homosexual Group GOProud Remains as Co-Sponsor (by Peter LaBarbera, Americans for Truth about Homosexuality)
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