top republican announces he is gay - no one cares

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by tater

I know no conservatives who "gay bash," myself. I know many who are avaunt legislating gay marriage from the bench, though. I'm one of them. I'm FOR passing a law, but I think there are no rights violated right now.

Bashing conservatives as "hateful" is BS, IMHO.

I did not bash conservatives overall as hateful. However there are those on the religious right who do engage in very public displays of anti-GLBT sentiment, and generally speaking they are part of the "Moral Majority" crowd that - like it or not - makes up part of the GOP base and has for some time. Whether or not other conservatives or the GOP leadership itself agrees with them with regard to their social/cultural agenda is another matter entirely. As is the question of whether or not they will remain part of the base if the GOP appears to be moving away from support of that agenda in some fashion. Which IMO is what makes it somewhat newsworthy when a fairly prominent Republican chooses to come out as a homosexual.