Conservative gay Republicans are planning to split from the Log Cabin Republicans and form their own organization next week.

From the Politico

A dissident faction of gay conservatives is launching a rival group to the traditional voice of gay Republicans: the Log Cabin Republicans.

GOPROUD, the new 527 group, will launch next week, according to a media advisory. The contact given for the group is Christopher Barron, a former Log Cabin political director who broke with the group.

“Essentially, there’s no voice for gay Republicans or gay conservatives in particular in D.C. right now. Log Cabin has been completely and totally absent here in D.C. for months and months,” Barron said.
“It has simply moved way too far to the left and is basically indistinguishable from any other gay left organization.”

The ideological battle has been playing out in the gay media and on some blogs for a while, spurred in part by the Blade’s revelation that the Log Cabin Republicans’ biggest backer is a prominent Democrat, Tim Gill. Their complaint, in general, is that Log Cabin has grown indistinguishable from left-leaning gay rights groups.

The blog GayPatriot has been making the case for a split and arguing that gay rights groups should make the case for same-sex marriage to a broader political spectrum.

Another issue, I’m told, is hate crimes: The Log Cabin Republicans back hate crimes legislation, which troubles many conservatives, straight and gay.

The gay conservatives have also been more supportive of RNC Chairman Michael Steele, praising some of his comments suggesting that homosexuality isn’t a choice.

I can’t wait to hear from the conservative evangelical community about this development.

 

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