Don't know if a new group called GOProud, subject of a nice Wall Street Journal "Mainstreet" column by William McGurn, will have staying power. But any additional effort to challenge the Democratic Party's string-pulling of LGBT political activism (which resulted last year in funneling gay dollars, staff resources and volunteer legwork to the Obama campaign, rather than to defeating the four successful anti-gay state initiatives) is certainly A-OK in my book.
More. You can learn more about GOProud at their website, where their mission is described as to "promote the power of individuals, limit government's reach, enable economic growth through free market principles, and strengthen America's position in the world."
It would be great to see them organize visible gay contingents at future "tea party" protests and otherwise build alliances with the libertarian right.
More on tea parties. Steve Chapman writes at reason.com:
The scale of the federal response to the crises has come as a frightening surprise to many Americans, who suspect the cure will be worse, and less transitory, than the disease.
And I suspect they're right.
Of course, the concerns of their liberal critics can't be ignored; after all, it is true that to the extent that there are leaders of these protests, many of them don't even have Ivy League degrees (if you can imagine). And worse, I've heard that among the protesters are many (and I'm not making this up), dangerous VETERANS!
2 Comments for “New Kid on the Block”
posted by Jorge on
I have my own problems with the Log Cabin Republicans, too.
I find it a little silly that they’ll only endorse Republicans, especially since their outlook on gay political issues is decidedly in favor of liberal means.
posted by Bobby on
Jorge, of course they only endorse republicans, they’re called Log Cabin REPUBLICANS. If Alan Keyes ever wins a GOP nomination, LCR will simply choose not to endorse anyone and that will be that. But they should never ever endorse a democrat, that is treason to republican principles.