IGF contributing author Dale Carpenter's op-ed
in the Houston Chronicle thanks, with tongue firmly planted in
cheek, the leaders of the Texas Republican Party for remaining
steadfast in their support of criminalzing gay sex. Writes
Dale:
all their fundamentalist fervor has yielded the most far-reaching decision affirming the basic dignity of gay people ever issued by the Supreme Court, with more to come. We couldn't have done it without them.
Dale also recounts:
I had my own run-in with the Texas GOP on the subject of the state sodomy law. In 1996, I was president of the Log Cabin Republicans of Texas. We applied to run an information booth at the state GOP convention that year. Our application was denied because, the party's executive director told me, "Sodomy is illegal in Texas." When I offered to forbid our members to sodomize each other in the booth, state party leaders were unmoved.
Gee, you offer a fair compromise and it gets you
nowhere!