In quite a contrast to the lone star state, the New York GOP
has
rebuffed a state senator who sees gay Republicans as disloyal.
Queens senator Serphin R. Maltese tried to block the Log Cabin
Republicans from obtaining greater power within the state party
organization, reports the New York Times, but
The move against the gay Republicans was rebuffed by other party members, led by the state chairman, Stephen J. Minarik, and the Manhattan chairman, James Ortenzio, who both argued that the party should have a "big tent" image heading into 2006.
The GOP will have to confront the bigots at some point, and it's good to see some steps in this direction.
Whatever you think about McCain, if he runs it could galvanize
the big tenters to try to take the party back from the grip of the
evangelicals. But I just hope they don't turn wishy washy and
"moderate" (i.e., liberal) on deregulation and limited government
but instead offer a fiscally conservative, socially libertarian
alternative that could draw support from both the left and the
right.
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