In a welcome development, the Human Rights Campaign is
reevaluating its failed strategies.
Reports the New York Times, HRC's board has:
concluded that the group must bow to political reality and moderate its message and its goals. One official said the group would consider supporting President Bush's efforts to privatize Social Security partly in exchange for the right of gay partners to receive benefits under the program.
A sensible idea, but of course one that immediate elicited howls of protest from gay lefties.
If the Log Cabin Republican's leadership had been savvy, they
would long ago have embraced social security personal accounts as a
GOP-initiative that was good for gays, and perhaps even made some
strategic alliances within the party. But, of course, they didn't.
Gay Patriot West has more to say about
LCR's identity crisis.