HUFFINGTON
09.30.12
THE PINK ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
Republican National Committee
and former chairman of Log Cabin,
said that when he was running as
an openly gay candidate for his
seat on the RNC, GOProud backed
his opponent, a social conservative
who did not support gay rights.
“I’m not sure what they’re up to,”
he said. Others offered harsher
criticisms, but not on the record.
One thing that the two groups do
have in common is the belief that
their mere presence in Washington and at the convention signifies
real progress in the party. Over and
over, gay Republicans in Tampa
raised the specter of Pat Buchanan
at the 1992 convention. Drawing a
contrast with those bad old days,
Rich Weissman, the former Democrat, talked about the “gentle acceptance” he’d felt all week at the
convention. “That makes me feel
really really good,” he said.
Jim Kolbe, the former congress-
Margaret
Hoover, a
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