Tag Archives: Log Cabin Republicans

In a profile of the Log Cabin Republicans over on the FrumForum, LCR’s new executive director R. Clarke Cooper spends much of the piece dissing GOProud, who became the momentary darling of the right-wing after being slammed from the podium at CPAC earlier this year. Cooper argues that LCR offers more resources to gay conservatives than any other political group. …

“President Obama is more concerned about protecting the rights of terrorists, than he is about the rights of gay and lesbian Americans who are putting their lives on the line every day fighting to preserve peace and democracy in Iraq and Afghanistan and operate small businesses that are the backbone of the American economy.” – Log Cabin Republicans spokes-twat Charles …

Log Cabin Republicans splinter group GOProud has announced that they will be a cosponsor of the 2010 CPAC. The Conservative Political Action Conference is the annual wingnut confab in Washington DC perhaps best known for its 2007 event, during which Ann Coulter declared that Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards was a “faggot.” Via GOProud press release: Today, GOProud, the only …

In an announcement posted on their homepage, the Log Cabin Republicans report that the DOJ has been denied in their appeal to stop the LCR’s suit to repeal DADT. In a ruling delivered on the eve of the Thanksgiving holiday, U.S. Federal Court Judge Virginia Phillips handed Log Cabin Republicans a major legal victory by denying the Obama Administration Justice …

Log Cabin Republican spokesman Charles Moran: “The most we’ve gotten is a little bit of a circuit party with a Madonna remix in the East Room of the White House.” Crap. I agree with the LCR. Crap.

The Advocate is reporting that the Log Cabin Republicans have engineered an agreement with New York’s GOP that will allow legislators to “vote their conscience” on Gov. Paterson’s marriage equality bill rather than be pressured by their party to vote against it. The development could be particularly important in the Senate, where Democrats hold a slim 32-30 majority, four Democrats …

Christine Todd Whitman, the former Republican governor of New Jersey, is calling for the GOP to remove the traditional marriage plank from its national platform. Speaking at the Log Cabin convention, she also came out against DADT and DOMA. The government should have no say about marriage, and the plank in the Republican Party platform that calls for preserving marriage …

The Daily Beast has the full text of McCain’s remarks. The best bit: “Most of our nation wants our nation to succeed. Most people are ready to move on the future, no live in the past. Most old school Republicans are scared shitless of that future.” The Freepers are being especially nasty about Meghan, even for them. Sample comment: “WE’RE …

A couple of weeks ago we learned that the Log Cabin Republicans were going into 2009 with a substantial debt. Today the Washington Blade reports that things are looking up for the LCR. A number of donors have come to the rescue of the Log Cabin Republicans in an attempt to alleviate the group’s debt of at least $100,000, according …

Get out your hankies….the Log Cabin Republicans are in debt. The Log Cabin Republicans, hampered by lackluster 2008 fundraising, is facing financial difficulties and ended the year at least $100,000 in debt, according to Patrick Sammon, the organization’s president, who spoke to the Blade Friday. Sammon said he expects the organization to have around $100,000 in debt or “maybe a …

Patrick Sammon, executive director of the Log Cabin Republicans, has announced his resignation. Sammon said in a statement released Thursday that he would step down at the end of January. Sammon, a former television news reporter, became president of Log Cabin in December 2006. “After five years at this organization and more than two years heading Log Cabin, I am …

Oh, no you didn’t, you Quisling bitches. It’s broughten. Check out this screencap from a Log Cabin Republicans fundraising letter. (Sorry it won’t embiggen here. For a larger version hit up Good As You.) Wah, wah, wah. The iddle piddle Cabinettes got their feewings hurt because the REST of the LGBT world rightly called them the fuck out on their …

After Sarah Palin voiced support for the Federal Marriage Amendment this weekend, blogger Rod 2.0 called up the Log Cabin Republicans to see how they liked her now. After being contacted by Rod 2.0. Log Cabin Republican President Patrick Sammon discounted Palin’s influence as a potential vice president and added the gay Republicans are “glad McCain agrees with us.” We …

Writer David Ehrenstein has published a piece in the LA Weekly about the John McCain’s gay chief of staff Mark Buse, Manhunt, and gay Republicans. Ehrenstein, a regular JMG participant, interviewed Log Cabin’s Patrick Sammon, Michelangelo Signorile, Mike Rogers, and me. The article begins: “If an outing happens in the forest and no one hears it, is it an outing?” …

John McCain has responded to a list of LGBT-related questions submitted by the Washington Blade. In his responses, McCain speaks fondly of such noted gay figures as former Rep. Jim Kolby (R-AZ), lesbian activists Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, and Mark Bingham, at whose funeral McCain spoke. Unfortunately, the submitted questions do not mention McCain chief of staff Mark Buse, …

Log Cabin’s Scott Tucker is crying wah-wah-wah because the evil lefty gay bloggers have been talking about McCain’s chief of Quislings, Mark Buse. Mark Buse has been openly gay for years and has acknowledged as much. So the notion that he has been “outed” is simply false. But secondly–and this is the bigger point–this political stunt by Mike Rogers just …

New York Senate Minority Leader Malcolm Smith (D-Queens), who is poised to take over the majority leadership role if Democrats take control of the state Senate in November, yesterday waffled when asked if he would vigorously pursue marriage equality when the day comes. Although he reiterated his personal support of gay marriage (a position that was in question back when …

“Log Cabin’s tragic endorsement of John McCain exhibits an obdurate denial of his anti-gay record and a stubborn unwillingness to admit that their one-time hero is now hopeless. McCain’s VP choice, Sarah Palin, a favorite of the fundamentalist fringe, should have lead to a reevaluation, if not reversal of their endorsement. Like Palin, they didn’t blink, and are shamefully in …

Log Cabin Republicans head Patrick Sammon was just on CNN defending John McCain. Sammon says that while he disagrees with the anti-gay planks in the Republican platform, “The platform is largely symbolic and is forgotten the day after the convention.” Sammon added, “I’d rather have a candidate that agrees with me than a platform.” Again Sammon stressed that McCain opposes …