The Republican Unity Coalition (RUC) looks like it may be gearing up again to take on homophobes who think the GOP ought to remain their exclusive club. The RUC just announced that former Republican Sen. John Danforth of Missouri, who cautioned his party recently about the influence of the religious right, has joined its advisory board.
Other RUC advisory board members include former President Gerald R. Ford, David Rockefeller and former Wyoming Sen. Alan K. Simpson, who serves as board chairman. The group, which describes itself as "for gay and straight 'big tent' Republicans, opposes the anti-gay constitutional amendment and seeks to make sexual orientation "a non-issue" in the GOP.
But they've certainly got their work cut out for them - for example, Danforth's own successor in the Senate, Jim Talent, joined 26 other Senate Republicans in co-sponsoring the proposed amendment to ban states from letting gays marry.
Update: The Log Cabin Republicans score
a feature story in the Los Angeles Times magazine. The group's
Patrick Guerriero suggests that when it comes to the battle for an
inclusive GOP, "The drama is only at intermission."
-- Stephen H Miller
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